{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpagenerd.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fwild-dark-shore-wrje2TcG","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a3a1ed52-a4f5-40e3-b791-5f2fc9dffc18/fc9552a3-9921-4480-8490-a8dcb8aa3723/ep6_wilddarkshore.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/76dee50f-a957-489e-a369-5b0bdc765be6\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Wild Dark Shore is the kind of book that makes you openly weep on the subway.\nCharlotte McConaghy drops us onto a remote, storm-battered island filled with seals, secrets, and a family holding on a little too tightly to both. In this episode the Pagenerds attempt to unpack it and emotionally survive it, as the story unfolds into something about grief, survival, and what we owe each other at the end of the world.\nSarah sobbed into the book. Full, page-wrecking sobs. She also sobbed in the episode, and at one point almost fought Rick, which honestly feels on theme.\nIt’s haunting, tense, and deeply tender. You might finish it and call someone you love. Or start a fight. Honestly, both feel right."}