Overview
When Emily Wolf penned My Thirty-First Year (And Other Calamities), she didn't know she'd be living in the epicenter (Houston) of the current abortion debate. But there she is, preparing to release a book that leads with an abortion that anchors how the protagonist, Zoe, is able to live her life. It is a story for women of all ages, normalizing abortion without minimizing it, and weaving in all the other things that impact dreams: divorce (then dating), family and friends, and faith. The city of Chicago (Emily's hometown) and the band U2 are colorful backdrops to her story.
Zoe Greene is approaching her 30th birthday not with celebrations in mind, but by recovering from an abortion, planning a divorce, negotiating family drama, and later, reentering the modern dating pool. Using humor and unfiltered truth (and Zoe’s favorite rock band, U2), Houston-based author Emily Wolf’s debut, My Thirty-First Year (And Other Calamities), illuminates the realities of womanhood, and connects to them through shared challenges, resilience, and hope.Emily is an ardent feminist, U2 fan, and native Chicagoan. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Emily now lives in Houston with her husband, children, and dogs. She volunteers with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and with her synagogue’s Board of Trustees and Social Justice Core Team. Emily has published several essays in the Houston Chronicle and on emilyvwolf.medium.com
Website
https://emilyvwolf.medium.com
Her book
https://www.amazon.com/My-Thirty-First-Year-Other-Calamities-ebook/dp/B09TSWPFXL?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1660216244&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=horrorlasagna-20&linkId=f0645a5b1a1cf5283ceee300fff5b5fe&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il
Favorites
https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Woman-Caitlin-Moran-ebook/dp/B082T332CF?crid=2W7SPUYPS3NVG&keywords=cat+moran&qid=1660216855&sprefix=cat+mo%2Caps%2C430&sr=8-4&linkCode=li2&tag=horrorlasagna-20&linkId=b58882027e4f25d6b2094a0d69f2b434&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il
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Transcript
Stephen: All right. Today on discovered wordsmith, I have Emily Wolf. Emily. Welcome. How are you doing today? Hi, thanks
Emily: so much for having me. I am doing really well.
Thank you.
Stephen: Good. So tell us a little bit about yourself. Some things you do outside of writing and maybe like where you live, that type of thing.
Emily: Sure. I feel like the first caveat for anything with a video component is that I am. In my forties with braces so that's something I'm unfortunately doing right now.
That's kinda
Stephen: new too you never saw that back in the eighties, nineties. Yeah.
Emily: Yeah. It's a whole shebang. I gotta tell you. So it's pretty humbling, but it's supposed to make me healthier help my sinuses ears, airway, whole business. So my kids think it's hilarious and I'm trying to also find the hilarity in it.
So
Stephen: you need to put on like Bobby socks and a poodle skirt and tell 'em you're going to a prom dance and stuff. And. Bug him
Emily: yeah, I might I might get some strange looks if I did that, but yeah, I should totally have more fun with them about this. And I FaceTimed with my brother yesterday and he said he lives in Los Angeles and I'm in Michigan right now.
And he said, oh, I always forget you have braces now. But anyway, besides adult braces, I I have a day job that I'm very lucky to have doing writing for a children's hospital in Texas. I've lived in Houston for over 13 years, which I can't believe I was born and raised in Chicago and thought that I was going to live my whole life and die happily in Chicago, eating deep dish and hot dogs and all that good stuff.
And then life, as it does, threw me a curve ball and introduced me to my husband who. Lives in Houston and needs to be in Houston for work. So our deal that we struck is I get to spend a nice chunk and my boss is also very accommodating,