Bridging the Distance: Nicole Chung and A Living Remedy

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

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Nicole Chung, interviewed by Brooke Warner

Nicole Chung follows up her exquisite debut with a wrenching new memoir, written in the wake of her mother's death from cancer in the midst of the COVID pandemic. Readers will find both sorrow and solace in her open-hearted new book.

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Bridging the Distance: Nicole Chung and A Living Remedy

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Nicole Chung, interviewed by Brooke Warner

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