Why people recommend it
The Bald Hills by Lauran Paine is a Western novel known for its frontier setting and traditional genre themes. Masha Gessen recommended an upcoming book during the final segment of the interview on The Ezra Klein Show, describing it as an autofiction novel by a writer named Harry Clark. Gessen stated that the book was titled The Hill and focused on a girl raised by a mother serving a life sentence in prison. The recommendation highlighted Gessen's engagement with contemporary literature dealing with familial trauma, institutional confinement, and personal identity within the framework of autofiction.
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- Masha Gessen Recommended
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“And then I just read a galley of an autofiction novel by a writer named Harry Clark. Uh and it's called The Hill. Uh and it's a book uh about uh a girl who is raised by a mother who is serving a life sentence in prison.”