The eleventh hour is when everything you’ve been holding finally breaks through.

In our 11th episode, we sit with Long After We Are Gone—a novel that doesn’t just tell a story, it demands that you feel it. And we did. Every one of us. Natasha, Lex, Stephanie, and Star came into this conversation carrying more than just thoughts—we brought our full hearts.

This is a book about the ache that lives beneath silence. About how grief burrows into a family and makes a home there. About how love and anger often speak in the same breath.

And we felt it all. We were cracked open—by the characters, by the choices, by the things left unsaid and the weight of those that were. The tension in this conversation wasn’t performative—it was personal. This wasn’t just a reading experience. It was a reckoning.

Our spirit this episode is gin, and we chose the Salty Dog—a bracing, bittersweet cocktail that stings on the way down but lingers with complexity. Just like this book.

At this eleventh hour—of the series, of the season, of ourselves—we showed up unguarded. And we left a piece of ourselves in the room.

Come for the book. Stay for the conversation. 💫

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