Life B is an intimate portrait we haven’t yet seen—of a lifelong struggle with depression, of midlife diagnosis and newly found strength. Most important, it’s a life-affirming blueprint of how to accept and transcend the limitations of mental illness.

eMeet The Book Maven

Bethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books, and Literary Hub. She sits on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the host of the Missing Pages podcast.

Missing Pages

The investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick returns for a second season. As in Season One, which garnered a Signal Award and an Honorable Mention in The Webby Awards, Missing Pages uncovers parts of the sometimes-secretive world of book publishing. Highlights of Season two include episodes on ghostwriting, book banning, fan fiction and so much more. Each episode brings in authors, experts, publishing insiders, and a circus of NYC media elites to tell the real story, unfit for print.

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