Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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I Couldn't Love You More
Discussed“the book is called I couldn't love you more and it's by Esther Freud this is her ninth novel and it's a book about three generations of women kind of circulating between Ireland and England”
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Hideous kinky
Discussed“I realized I had read her first two books hideous kinky and purist flat oh hideous kinky was turned into a movie with Kate Winslet”
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Discussed“this was a copy of Omar kayam which was sold at SBE in March for £45 which is a little over $2,000 and was being brought to America on behalf of a collector”
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Becoming
Becoming by Michelle Obama is an intimate and widely celebrated memoir detailing the former First Lady's journey from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years residing in the White House.
Discussed“Michelle Obama's Memoir becoming also published with crown sold more than 16 million copies worldwide that's since its release in 2018”
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Born to Run
Born to Run is a deeply personal and acclaimed memoir by legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that chronicles his journey from a young guitar player in New Jersey to a global rock icon.
Discussed“and his Memoir Born to Run which was published by Simon and Schuster was a a pretty big bestseller as well”
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Say Nothing
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe is a gripping work of true crime and investigative journalism that explores a murder and memory during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Discussed“say nothing about the IRA and a woman who disappeared in Northern Ireland this book is very different”
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Intimacies
Intimacies by Katie M.
Recommended“I just finished Katie kimura's new novel intimacies and I hadn't read her earlier books I'd read the previous one separation and loved it”
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A separation
A Separation by Katie M.
Discussed“I'd read the previous one separation and loved it it was a few years ago”
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The Plot
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz is a literary thriller that follows a struggling, failed writer who commits a morally questionable act by stealing a deceased student's brilliant manuscript, only to find himself hunted by someone who knows the truth.
Recommended“they are razor blade Tears by essay Cosby and the plot by Jean H coretz and I just wanted to talk about them very briefly”
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The Disappearing Act
The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman is a gripping psychological thriller that follows a talented British actress in Los Angeles who witnesses a disturbing event during an audition, entangling her in a dangerous web of Hollywood secrets.
Recommended“another good one is Katherine stemmans the disappearing act and she also was on the podcast”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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