This week on the Bookum Authors Talk Podcast we sit down with writer, producer, and author Angela Nissel to discuss her powerful new memoir 'Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead'.

In this conversation, Angela opens up about grief, caregiving, family secrets, humor as a survival tool, and what it means to process loss while becoming the caretaker of a parent.

We also talk about her work on The Boondocks, the emotional weight of writing a memoir, loneliness in adulthood and aging, and how storytelling helps us make sense of life’s hardest moments.

📚 Book discussed: Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead by Angela Nissel - Get your copy today!

Timestamps:

01:05 - The Boondocks
4:40 - How Humor Helps us Deal with Life
8:24 - How the Title Came to Be?
10:02 - Christmas Stories and Family Drama
11:03 - Withholding Information from Family about health issues
12:20 - Keeping family secrets
15:20 - Caretaking for a Love One
17:45 - How to be a good caretaker
19:40 - Loneliness Epidemic in Elder Ages
22:10 - How Older People Are Getting Scammed from AI
23:01 - What to Share and Not Share in a Memoir
25:10 - The Craziness of Life
25:44 - The importance of sharing stories with each other
26:44 - Dealing with grief and losing
28:09 - Honoring her Mother with the book
30:22 - Enjoying the small things in life
30:33 - On Religion and Rev Bill
33:01 - Becoming the Matriarch
35:20 - Dealing with Mother's Day after loss
36:58 - Managing Emotions for Grief
37:54 - Writing Process for the Book
39:32 - Writing a Memoir
41:08 - What Should Be In A Writer's Toolkit?

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