Episode · The Book Review · 2017-06-16
Books mentioned on China's World
Gilbert Cruz recommended The egg and I by Betty MacDonald, and discussed Everything under the heavens by Howard W. French, To Siri with Love by Judith Newman, Good Grief by Teresa Masters, Resilient Grieving by Lucy Hone, Getting Grief Right by Patrick O’Malley and others, Halliwell's Film Guide by Leslie Halliwell and others, and Extreme Measures by Jessica Nutik Zitter. Judith Newman discussed The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Jennifer Szalai discussed The man without a face by Masha Gessen and others and Enemies by Tim Weiner and others. Greg Cowles discussed The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Everything under the heavens
Discussed“Howard French will be here to talk about his new book everything under the heavens”
Where to get it
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To Siri with Love
Discussed“she is our help dust columnist and also the author of a forthcoming book to Siri with love a mother her autistic son and the kindness of machines which is coming out later this summer”
Where to get it
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The Bright Hour
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs is a profoundly moving and courageous autobiographical account written while the author was facing a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Discussed“it's a memoir by Nina rigs called the bright hour A Memoir of living and dying”
Where to get it
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Good Grief
Discussed“but the first book you talk about is good grief heal your soul honor your loved ones and Learn To Live Again by Teresa capudo”
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Resilient Grieving
Discussed“there is also resilient grieving find finding strength and embracing life after a loss that changes everything by Lucy hone”
Where to get it
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Getting Grief Right
Discussed“getting grief right finding your story of love in the sorrow of loss by Patrick om Ali with Tim Madigan”
Where to get it
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Halliwell's Film Guide
Discussed“John Abrahams how to get the death you want a practical and moral guide”
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Extreme Measures
Discussed“and Extreme Measures finding a better path to the end of life by Jessica Nik zitter”
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Being Mortal
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande is a profound exploration of aging, serious illness, and the limitations of modern medicine in dealing with the end of life.
Discussed“there was being mortal by Atul Gand which was a major bestseller for a long time on the bestseller list”
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a profound posthumous memoir written by a neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, exploring mortality, meaning, and the human condition.
Discussed“more recently Paul colony's book when breath becomes air”
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The man without a face
The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen is a critical biographical work that details Vladimir Putin's rise to power and the authoritarian transformation of modern Russia.
Discussed“yes so I'm actually just at the tail end of finishing up Masha gessen's Man Without a Face which came out few years ago and it's a biography essentially of Putin”
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Enemies
Enemies by Tim Weiner is a comprehensive historical examination of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its complex institutional past.
Discussed“the other book that I'm reading is and I've just started this one is Tim Weiner's enemies which is a hisory of the FBI”
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The Lazarus Project
Discussed“Alexander hean has a novel called the Lazarus Project”
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The egg and I
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald is a humorous and widely celebrated 1945 memoir detailing the author's challenging yet comical experiences running a remote chicken ranch in the rugged mountains of Washington State with her newlywed husband.
Recommended“so I'm reading a book that came out in 1945 by uam Betty McDonald called The Egg and I”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and I I I so I in in this book everything under the heavens I go a long ways back”
“she wrote a book called the afterlife connection”
“i've read this year the David gr book the um killers of the oh yeah AG Moon I think it was called which I really want to read”
“You'll remember that uam I read Jim Harrison's Legends of the Fall which concludes with a historical Nolla”