Episode · The Book Review · 2015-06-19

Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up

6 books · With Megan Daum, Heather Hesketh, Alexander Alter, Vendela Vida, Greg Coles · Watch on YouTube

Gilbert Cruz discussed How to raise an adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims, The Prime of Life by Steven Mintz, and The diver's clothes lie empty by Vendela Vida. Vendela Vida discussed Viviane by Julia Deck. Greg Cowles discussed Happily Ali After by Ali Wentworth. Also mentioned: The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. How to raise an adult

    Julie Lythcott-Haims · at 1:09 · mentioned 3 times

    How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims is a parenting book that examines the detrimental effects of overparenting and helicopter parenting on young people's ability to transition successfully into independent adulthood.

    Discussed
    “and she reviews this week a book called how to raise an adult Break Free of the overparenting Trap and prepare your kid for success by Julie liot haes”
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  2. The Prime of Life

    Steven Mintz · at 1:35

    Discussed
    “and she reviews this week the prime of Life a history of modern adulthood by Stephen Mintz”
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  3. The Way We Never Were

    Stephanie Coontz · at 9:00

    Discussed
    “one of the things I find interesting though is that um in in the prime of life and I think Stephanie C's book the way we never were had a similar argument”
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  4. The diver's clothes lie empty

    Vendela Vida · at 21:11 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “what does uh the driver's clothes lie empty about”
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  5. Viviane

    Julia Deck · at 25:25

    Discussed
    “I'm also a big fan of Lori Moore short stories there youo Diaz story in the second person and more recently I read a novel by a French writer Julia deck who wrote a novel called Vivian which actually”
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  6. Happily Ali After

    Ali Wentworth · at 36:51

    Discussed
    “it's by the actress and comedian and wife of George Stephanopoulos Ali Wentworth it's her second book it's called happily Ali after an essay collection about trying to improve herself as her 50th birthday was approaching”
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Passing The unspeakable
“and also here Megan down the author of the Unspeakable and other subjects of discussion”
Passing The diver's clothes lie empty
“Venda levita joins us now her new novel is the divers clothes lie empty reviewed this week in the book review by Fernanda everad”
Passing Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
“um um this is your fourth novel yes and you've referred to your previous three novels the lovers let the Northern Lights erase your name and and now you can go as a Trilogy on the subject of violence and rage”
Passing And Now You Can Go
“um um this is your fourth novel yes and you've referred to your previous three novels the lovers let the Northern Lights erase your name and and now you can go as a Trilogy on the subject of violence and rage”
Passing The fixer
“down at number 14 Joseph finder has a new Standalone Thriller called the fixer”
Passing Dead ice
“then at number seven Laurel K Hamilton continues her Anita Blake vampire Hunter series with a book called Dead ice this one um is about Anita Blake helping the FBI investigate zombie porn”
Passing All the Single Ladies
“and then at number six dorothia Benton Frank has another book set in the South Carolina low country where she sets most of her fiction this one's called All the Single Ladies”
Passing Ali in Wonderland
“that's new at number 13 her first book was Ali in Wonderland”
Passing The Girl on the Train
“the top book on the fiction side is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins that has been number one for a long time”
Passing Finders Keepers
“although last week it was displaced by Stephen King's Finders Keepers this week they uh switch places Finders Keepers is now down at number two”
Passing The Wright Brothers
“David McCulla the rght brothers was at number one last week it remains at number one this week uh in its sixth week on the list”
Passing Hitler's Last Days
“Bill O'Reilly of course the Fox News host has a book on the middle-grade list new at number four it's called Hitler's last days”
Passing Your baby's first word will be DADA
“on the picture books list Jimmy Fallon another TV host has a picture book called your baby's first word will be daada and mommies will just have to deal with that”
Passing Finding Audrey
“and then on the young adult list um Sophie canella who's best known as the author of shopaholic and other books for adults has a young adult novel called finding Audrey”