Episode · The Book Review · 2024-08-16
Liz Moore on The Book Review: books mentioned
Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods"
Gilbert Cruz discussed The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Liz Moore recommended Lost person behavior, and discussed Long Bright River by Liz Moore and Woodswoman by Anne LaBastille.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The God of the Woods
Liz Moore's bestselling novel The God of the Woods is a suspenseful mystery set in the Adirondack mountains during the 1970s, revolving around a wealthy dynastic family whose daughter disappears from a summer camp they founded.
Discussed“I'm joined by Liz Moore she's the author of the 2020 novel long bright River as well as one of this Summer's bestselling novels the god of the woods”
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Long Bright River
Long Bright River by Liz Moore is a suspenseful literary thriller centered on an opioid epidemic ravaging a Philadelphia neighborhood and the strained relationship between two estranged sisters, one a police officer and the other struggling with addiction.
Discussed“I had published three novels before long bright river that were not categorized as Mysteries although I've always been interested in telling a kind of propulsive story”
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Woodswoman
Discussed“I think there's one of the epigraphs at the start of the book is by the the outdoors woman and ecologist Ann lab bestel who's a very well-known figure in the at andex and she wrote a series of books called the woodswoman trilogy about in and it was about they were non-fiction books about her time living as a”
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Lost person behavior
Lost Person Behavior by Robert J.
Recommended“so there is a book called Lost person behavior and I don't remember the name of author or authors but that's one of the books that I read as part of my research into how people actually get lost and how people actually get found”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'm joined by Liz Moore she's the author of the 2020 novel long bright River as well as one of this Summer's bestselling novels the god of the woods”
“I'm joined this week by Liz Moore author of the novel The God of the woods Liz your book is set in the mid 770s 1975 is that correct”
“Liz you referred earlier to screenwriting and the reason you're able to refer to it is because you are the co-creator you're an executive producer on a forthcoming adaptation of your novel long bright River”
“that was my conversation with Liz Moore about her new book the god of the woods I'm gilber Cruz editor of the New York Times book review thanks for listening”