On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome JJ Elliott to discuss her debut novel, There Are No Rules For This, a deeply affecting story of four women, friendship, loss, guilt, healing and forgiveness.
JJ chats with us about having one of the world’s best writing partners (who happens to be our very own Carinn!); how female friendship can provide as much (or more) connection and love than romantic partners; the ways her own mother’s suicide impacted the writing of this novel; how we want to copy her characters’ idea and start a viral trend of throwing our own funerals while we’re still living; the visceral affects of grief; and the question her therapist asked her that sent her on her path to becoming a writer.  
'There Are No Rules For This' will have you laughing, crying, and calling your best friends and people you love to tell them how you feel! It is out now - buy it, read it, share it, and listen to your spoiler-free chat wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.