Narnia & A Prayer for Owen Meany

Dec 4, 2025
31 mins

Episode Description

Shawn Smucker co-owns an independent bookshop in his town with his wife, and is also a long-time author of several books. He shares with Tsh a classic, perennial favorite childhood book, as well as one of his go-tos from adulthood.

* Shawn Smucker’s newsletter, The Courage to Live It

* His bookshop, Nooks

* The Lion, the Witch, & The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

* A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving

* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips



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