Episode · The Book Review · 2015-10-09
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter’
Pamela Paul discussed Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson. Alexandra Alter discussed Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich and Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich. Lissa McFar discussed The Gift by Marcel Mauss and The family nobody wanted by Helen Doss. John Williams recommended Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, and discussed Slade House by David Mitchell and City on fire by Garth Risk Hallberg. Greg Cowles discussed The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood, Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, The aeronaut's windlass by Jim Butcher, After You by Jojo Moyes and others, The murder house by James Patterson and others, Unlikeable by Edward Klein, Deep South by Paul Theroux, I'll never write my memoirs by Grace Jones, Saving capitalism by Robert B. Reich, In This Together by Ann Romney, and Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rosemary
Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson is a poignant and deeply researched biography that brings to light the tragic life of Rosemary Kennedy, the hidden daughter whose struggles shaped the family's legacy.
Discussed“Kate Clifford Larsson will join us to talk about her new biography Rosemary the hidden Kennedy daughter”
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Boys in Zinc
Discussed“also ww Norton published her in the 9s um her book ziny boys which was about um Russian soldiers who were sent to to Afghanistan to participate in The Invasion there and we many of them sent home in zinc coffins”
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Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful oral history composed of devastating testimonies from individuals who survived or responded to the 1986 nuclear disaster.
Discussed“the dely archive press book which was called voices from Chernobyl won a national book critic Circle award and I think you know has sold you know close to 15,000 cies or possibly more”
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The Gift
Discussed“I was very struck by reading the um the 1925 book The Gift by the Anthropologist the French Anthropologist Marcel Moss who writes about how in the traditional societies he visited giving was always reciprocal”
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The family nobody wanted
Discussed“she came from a family of four and when she was a kid she read a book called The Family nobody wanted about a family who adopted um I think it was 11 children”
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Carry On
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is a young adult fantasy novel that follows Simon Snow, a powerful and sometimes chaotic chosen one navigating his final year at a magical school.
Recommended“Jean an green uh listed rainbow R's carryon”
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Slade House
Slade House by David Mitchell is a chilling supernatural thriller that unfolds as a puzzle box narrative spanning several decades.
Discussed“uh said David Mitchell slate house which is sort of a short novel by his standards but his fans are always hungry for more”
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City on fire
City on fire by Garth Risk Hallberg is a massive, sprawling debut novel set in 1970s New York City that weaves together a vast network of characters whose lives collide in the aftermath of a Central Park shooting during the 1977 blackout.
Discussed“a reader Named Dave Brown named City on fire by Garris Colberg which makes sense because that book is everywhere this week”
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The Heart Goes Last
Discussed“Margaret Atwood is back on the list with her new novel The Heart Goes last uh recently reviewed by Matt Johnson in”
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Pretty Girls
Discussed“then at number 12 the wonderfully named Karen Slaughter is back on the list with a new novel called pretty girls”
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The aeronaut's windlass
Discussed“this one's a steampunk fantasy series and the name of the novel is The aeronauts Windlass”
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Unlikeable
Discussed“now has an unflattering portrait of his old Nemesis Hillary Clinton called unlikable”
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I'll never write my memoirs
Discussed“Grace Jones has written a memo called I'll never write my Memoirs”
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Saving capitalism
Discussed“then at number eight Robert B Reich the former uh labor secretary has a book called saving capitalism”
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In This Together
Discussed“now has a memoir called in this together looking back especially at her experience with multiple sclerosis”
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Killing Reagan
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard is a popular historical nonfiction book that explores the presidency and the dramatic 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
Discussed“still at number one Bill O'Reilly and Martin dugard's killing Reagan”
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