In this episode, I have the honour of chatting with Minelle Mahtani to discuss her memoir, May It Have A Happy Ending.

In May It Have A Happy Ending, Minelle travels back and forth in time to investigate the parallels between finding her voice in broadcasting and watching her mother lose hers to tongue cancer.

The book is an exploration of voice, with people, animals, nature, and things speaking vividly about identity, belonging, and the importance of making our own place in the world. It challenges us to examine the impact of our voice, the manner of our questions and the weight of the answers we give others.

It’s also an exploration of love. Of love that’s too much, too little, and love that’s just right.

May It Have A Happy Ending is out now from Penguin Random House Canada.

Show highlights

00:00 - Introduction

2:09 - Talking about how the book makes me feel

5:57 - Laughing after death happens

10:45 - Keeping the voicemails of loved ones

15:31 - Holding love and the bad memories of the departed simultaneously

17:58 - The scam of false hope and the vulnerability of caregivers

20:51 - Finding home and idea

22:59 - Passing down traditions and sharing the role of matriarch

29:05 - Asking anti-colonial questions on the path to writing the book

34:49 - Knowing the worth of her sound

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0EbmSKFEpm8

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Guest’s links

Buy May It Have A Happy Ending: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/704247/may-it-have-a-happy-ending-by-minelle-mahtani/9780385675208

Follow Minelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minellemahtani/

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Host’s links

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