BONUS EPISODE: How to Be Married

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BONUS EPISODE: How to Be Married

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Sep 11, 2019

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On this bonus episode, Jo shares an excerpt from her novel, How to Be Married, that inspired this podcast.
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Sep 11, 2019

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Join host Jo Piazza as she delves into the hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring stories of couples of all kinds who’ve soldiered through unimaginable circumstances, and after the longest of days, still want to wake up next to one another in the morning.

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BONUS EPISODE: How to Be Married

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