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This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 481 With Kathryn Schulz The Author Of Lost And Found
Stemming from her unforgettable 2017 New Yorker essay \u201cWhen Things Go Missing,\u201d the new book -- LOST & FOUND -- begins with the disorientation Schulz felt after the death of her father, and delves into all the ways our lives are shaped and molded by what is no longer with us. But it is also about astonishing discovery, as Schulz follows the story of losing her father with one of finding the woman she would eventually marry. Part memoir, part guidebook, it is an exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery\u2014from the maddening disappearance of everyday objects to the sweeping devastations of war, pandemic, and natural disaster; from finding new planets to the thrill of recognition that comes from falling in love. It is Schulz\u2019s ability to lay bare this elemental yet confounding truth that gives the book its otherworldly, magnetic power: life is both awful & wonderful, all at once.