2min chapter

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady cover image

Ada Calhoun on Writing About Greatness and Failure

Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

CHAPTER

How My Parents Raised Me in the Catskills

I was sick a lot as a kid. I wonder if one of the reasons I was sick all those times was because they smoked seven packs of cigarettes a day between them. Yeah, that could do it. So there were a couple of instances where how they were raising you stuck in my mind. And yeah, I was this bookish little girl. I was very moralistic. I read a ton Gaka grades and my mother was hilarious and very dramatic. She was on TV shows and sitcoms and my dad was in his office smoking. We both smoked a lot. That's right. They had a place in the Catskills as well as their apartment on St. Marks.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode