Book Besties Season 6, Episode 8: The Grace Year

This week the Besties are joined by author Francesca Zappia to talk about the YA dystopian book The Grace Year by Kim Liggett. Join them as they discuss religious trauma and feminism in YA, pointless subplots, and girl on girl crime.

Content Warnings: violence, death, religious trauma, suicide, PTSD, forced marriage, hanging, bullying, scalping, prostitution, sexual assault, castration. Listener discretion is advised.

Things talked about in this episode:

• Francesca Zappia: https://www.francescazappia.com/

• Kim Liggett: https://www.kimliggett.com/

• Ishana Night Shyamalan movie: https://bit.ly/3TyRfOp

• IUDs for men: https://bit.ly/3Vxrbpb

• The Chosen One video referenced is original content by @stacebookspace on Instagrams and TikTok

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.