Episode · The Book Review · 2018-12-21
Isabel Wilkerson on The Book Review: books mentioned (Dec 2018)
Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir
Gilbert Cruz discussed The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson and Becoming by Michelle Obama. Pamela Paul discussed Come with me by Helen Schulman and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, and criticized Kim by Rudyard Kipling. John Williams recommended Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin and A Heart So White by Javier Marías. Tina Jordan discussed The day that went missing. Greg Cowles recommended Home cooking by Laurie Colwin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a powerful and extensively researched historical account that chronicles the decades-long Great Migration of black citizens leaving the American South for northern and western cities.
Discussed“Isabelle Wilkerson author of the warmth of other Sons joins us to talk about Obama's Memoir becoming”
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Becoming
Becoming is a widely discussed memoir by Michelle Obama that details her life, public journey, and transition through various stages, including her time as First Lady of the United States.
Discussed“and this week she reviews Michelle Obama's Memoir becoming”
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Come with me
Discussed“Helen shelman joins us now her new novel is called come with me”
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Fever Dream
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin is a haunting and surreal contemporary novella that explores the deep anxieties of motherhood, environmental dread, and the fragile bond between a mother and her child through a disorienting dialogue.
Recommended“uh the first is a very short book that I read in about an hour and a half one night a couple weeks ago called fever dream by Samantha schweblin”
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A Heart So White
A Heart So White by Javier Marías is a profound and intricate novel that explores themes of secrets, family history, and the shadows cast by the past.
Recommended“she especially suggests reading this novel called a heart so white by Javier Marius”
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The day that went missing
Discussed“so I'm reading the day that went missing by novelist Richard beard which I picked up after reading our review which was by Lisa Brennan jobs”
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Home cooking
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin is a beloved collection of essays and culinary reflections by a celebrated novelist who found deep meaning in the kitchen and the act of feeding others.
Recommended“it is a memoir by Lorie cwin also a novelist who who wrote some Memoirs it's called home cooking a writer in the kitchen”
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Kim
Kim by Rudyard Kipling is a classic novel that follows an orphaned street boy who becomes involved in the espionage and political intrigue of the Great Game in colonial India.
Critiqued“listeners of this podcast will know that I last attempted to read redard kiplings Kim for that club which I did not like did not finish”
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Speak
Discussed“so the next choice is a contemporary novel by Lori H Anderson called speak which is it's not new it came out I think in the early 90s and Lori H Anderson is a really interesting writer”
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Other mentions in this episode (14) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“every year there's one or two books that are unexpected bestsellers and they run out of stock one year it was all the light we cannot see”
“you've had some huge hits like Michelle Obama's becoming Bob Woodward's fear which has sold I think almost 2 million copies now”
“you've had some huge hits like Michelle Obama's becoming Bob Woodward's fear which has sold I think almost 2 million copies now”
“when there is an unexpected demand for say a literary novel that made a bunch of 10 best lists for example Lisa holiday's asymmetry or Washington black when they need to go back and do reprints to meet the demand they're they're not able to do it”
“when there is an unexpected demand for say a literary novel that made a bunch of 10 best lists for example Lisa holiday's asymmetry or Washington black when they need to go back and do reprints to meet the demand they're they're not able to do it”
“same for the Frederick Douglas biography by David blight which is also out of stock on Amazon right now”
“another one is the over Story by Richard Powers which was also on a lot of Tim best lists”
“the author of small fry and beard is a novelist”
“and so he keeps asking questions much in the way that brenen jobs did in small fry where she had to go back in time and piece things together”
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
“but she also does very contemporary books winter which deals with anorexia and speak which is really I'm giving away the story”
“and she has a new book coming out early next year called shout which is a memoir told in verse that is about her own experience”