{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/69f10d8af8c66377375b850d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Puzzling Jigsaw Pieces: An Interview with Brittany Penner about her memoir, Children Like Us","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1777404763044-8837af91-7072-4a70-885f-37c0703079fd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome back to Season 7 of <em>Getting Lit with Linda, </em>where we learn to love literature one book at a time!</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Linda interviews the Métis writer, <a href=\"https://brittanypenner.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Penner </a>about her memoir, <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/719493/children-like-us-by-brittany-penner/9780385688000\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Children Like Us </em>(Random House Canada)</a>. It's elegantly written and carefully crafted, and, in spite of the book's length, Linda couldn't put it down. Linda and Brittany discuss her childhood, the <a href=\"https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixties-scoop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sixties Scoop</a> (14:32), Brittany's story around being adopted (19:10), and the medical system, in Saskatchewan and Quebec, and across Canada.</p><p><br></p><p>Here are some other highlights of their discussion:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.simplypsychology.org/marshmallow-test.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standford Marshellow Experiment (</a>23:32)</li><li><a href=\"https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1828421/coroner-joyce-echaquan-atikamekw-rapport-gouvernement-racisme-lacunes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Joyce Echaquan and the Joyce Principle</a> (24:52)</li><li>Healing and empowerment (27:50)</li><li>Women’s reproductive health (31:23)</li><li>Photos in the memoir (33)</li><li>The memoir’s sequel (36:48)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Please note the NEW!! feature of the podcast: The \"Takeway\" (37:52), in which all guest writers, including Brittany, will be offering one piece of advice to aspiring writers.</p><p><br></p><p>Producer/Host/Writer: Linda Morra; Associate Producer: Maia Harris; Music: Raphael Crux. We are grateful to the Canada Council for their support for this second year of production.</p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}