About this episode
Chris and Annie are joined by longtime friend of the show CJ Hauser to talk about her new novel, Family of Origin , available now from Doubleday. They discuss millennials, dysfunctional families, healing from trauma, wacky scientists, baseball, and Anglo-Saxon poetry. By now you've probably seen her viral essay, "The Crane Wife," published at The Paris Review . You can snag your copy of Family of Origin in The Bookshelf's online store . Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here . Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here , and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions , consider supporting us on Patreon here .