042 Emily Liner of Friendly City Books

On this episode of Life of Plenty, Ashley and Lisa sit down with Emily Liner of Friendly City Books. Emily talks about how she decided she wanted to make a difference, and how that took her from working for the government in DC to opening a nonprofit bookstore in Columbus, Mississippi.  They discuss connecting even "non-readers" with books, and how The Monster at the End of this Book may be the perfect book for anyone. Then Emily leans into how books can teach us about things we haven't experienced, and that growing up in the 90s, she read Zlata's Diary — a first person account of a child growing up in war torn Bosnia.  Then the three of them discuss one of Lisa's favorite books, Strengthsfinders 2.0, and how working within your strengths will help you at work and life before going into more books and how Dispatches from Pluto got her thinking about going home.