Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“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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Corazón Tan Blanco (Edición Especial 25 Aniversario) / a Heart So White
A Heart So White is a masterpiece of contemporary Spanish literature by acclaimed author Javier Marías, translated into English and celebrated for its intricate meditations on secrecy, marriage, and memory.
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
Rudyard Kipling's classic novel Kim follows an orphaned street urchin raised on the streets of colonial India who becomes embroiled in espionage during the historical political conflict known as the Great Game.
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 (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing All the Light We Cannot See
“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”
Passing Becoming
“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”
Passing Fear
“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”
Passing Asymmetry
“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”
Passing Washington Black
“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”
Passing The Overstory
“another one is the over Story by Richard Powers which was also on a lot of Tim best lists”
Passing Small Fry
“the author of small fry and beard is a novelist”
Passing Small Fry
“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”
Passing Ashes
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
Passing Chains
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
Passing Forge (Seeds of America #2)
“she did a Trilogy called the seeds of America Trilogy around the Revolutionary War and those books were called Forge chains and Ashes”
Passing Wintergirls
“but she also does very contemporary books winter which deals with anorexia and speak which is really I'm giving away the story”
Passing Shout
“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”