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The Beauty of the Ordinary. A Conversation with Kevin McManus.

What if getting older isn’t really about having fewer things to look forward to, but about learning to appreciate what’s already here?

In this episode, I sit down with Irish author, teacher, poet, and former musician Kevin McManus to talk about his novel The Light of the Evening and some of the bigger questions that come with getting older. How do we make sense of grief and loss? What happens when illness changes the way we look at life and how do we learn to appreciate the ordinary days that we might once have taken for granted?

Kevin’s novel grew out of some deeply personal experiences…

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