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Author and screenwriter Angela Nissel joins Questlove—her friend of 35 years—to discuss her memoir, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead [harpercollins.com/products/good-grief-pass-the-bread-mom-is-dead-angela-nissel?variant=43993025413154]. Reflecting on her experience as a caregiver, Angela shares what no one told her: to slow down and ask her mother the questions that mattered while there was still time. She opens up about losing her gratitude practice, the matching pajamas she still keeps, the one Luther Vandross song that makes her cry because it was the only time she ever saw her mother break down, and the nursing ID badge that has become a personal shrine. Together, Angela and Ahmir explore memory, grief, and the small objects and moments that continue to connect us to the people we've lost.
Author and screenwriter Angela Nissel joins Questlove—her friend of 35 years—to discuss her memoir, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead [harpercollins.com/products/good-grief-pass-the-bread-mom-is-dead-angela-nissel?variant=43993025413154]. Reflecting on her experience as a caregiver, Angela shares what no one told her: to slow down and ask her mother the questions that mattered while there was still time. She opens up about losing her gratitude practice, the matching pajamas she still keeps, the one Luther Vandross song that makes her cry because it was the only time she ever saw her mother break down, and the nursing ID badge that has become a personal shrine. Together, Angela and Ahmir explore memory, grief, and the small objects and moments that continue to connect us to the people we've lost.
