Episode · The Book Review · 2020-05-15
Books mentioned on One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis
Pamela Paul recommended Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake #1) by Elizabeth Enright and others, The Cook by Maylis de Kerangal, Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, and Dropped Names by Frank Langella, and discussed There are no children here by Alex Kotlowitz, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, and The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama. Sarah Weinman recommended Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie, Take me apart by Sara Sligar, Pretty as a picture by Elizabeth Little, and Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha, and discussed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Troubled daughters, twisted wives by Patricia Highsmith and others, The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, and Beast in View by Margaret Millar. Tina Jordan recommended The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright, and discussed The four-story mistake by Elizabeth Enright. John Williams recommended Every song ever by Ben Ratliff, and discussed Citizens by Simon Schama.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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There are no children here
Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here is a powerful 1991 non-fiction book that chronicles the lives of two brothers growing up amidst extreme violence in Chicago's public housing.
Discussed“book has gotten a rave review from Alex Cotler who wrote The Incredible Book There Are No Children Here about children in public housing in Chicago and then subsequently many other incredible prizewinning books”
Where to get it
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a dark psychological thriller that unravels the turbulent marriage and sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne through the increasingly suspect perspective of her husband, Nick.
Discussed“so I was putting together an earlier anthology of short stories by these writers and it was right around the time when Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl came out”
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Troubled daughters, twisted wives
Discussed“oh yes I mean for the original Anthology that I edited which was called troubled daughters Twisted wives”
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel that introduced the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to the world and launched the author's legendary career.
Discussed“so Agatha Christie published her first detective novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 and it was the first book to introduce one of her classic detectives Hercule parro”
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is a celebrated and deeply influential work of detective fiction renowned for its groundbreaking narrative structure.
Discussed“I always find it interesting that the murder of Roger akroy which more than 90 years later it was published in 1926 it still infuriates people because of the twist ending”
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The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey is a popular 1950s detective novel that reimagines the disappearance of the two princes as a modern Scotland Yard murder mystery, offering an alternative historical theory that challenges the traditional view of Richard III.
Discussed“it's no accident for me that if I reread a book and I actually just finished rereading Josephine T's absolutely wonderful the daughter of time”
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Whose Body?
Whose Body? by Dorothy L.
Recommended“and she writes these detective novels featuring Lord Peter Whimsy that are kind of larkish but over time they become much more complicated and really rich but starting with whose body it's just really fun and entertaining”
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Murder is Easy
Murder is Easy is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie following a clever protagonist who investigates a series of suspicious deaths in a quiet English village.
Recommended“and then I think the next one that I talked about was murder is Easy by Agatha Christie and that's a little bit of perhaps not a departure but it's what we would Now call a standalone”
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The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a quintessential hardboiled detective novel that introduced private investigator Philip Marlowe and established the shadowy, cynical atmosphere of Los Angeles crime fiction.
Discussed“he worked in the oil industry and he was writing stories on the side and this is how he developed his extremely romantic style detective Philip Marlo who traveled the Mean Streets of Los Angeles and so the big sleep is the first introduction in novel format”
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Strangers On a Train
Strangers On a Train is a psychological thriller by Patricia Highsmith that examines a dark and fateful bargain between two men.
Discussed“two of them are featured in strangers on a train and that now famous or inFAMOUS bargain and it's supposed to be a lark but one man suggests killing the other's wife and then he is supposed to kill the other's father”
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr.
Discussed“we first meet him in The Talented Mr Ripley and that's another classic heith book”
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Beast in View
Beast in View by Margaret Millar is a classic psychological thriller focusing on a reclusive young woman living in a hotel suite who becomes increasingly terrorized by a series of unsettling prank phone calls.
Discussed“and so beast in view which is the book that I reprinted in the library of America set and the one that I discuss in the piece”
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Take me apart
Take Me Apart is a compelling contemporary crime debut novel by Sara Sligar that delves into art history, family secrets, and psychological suspense.
Recommended“included Sarah sar's take me apart a wonderful debut novel that was just published in late April”
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Pretty as a picture
Pretty as a Picture is a contemporary crime novel by Elizabeth Little that blends sharp wit, media commentary, and an engaging amateur sleuth mystery.
Recommended“and Elizabeth Little's pretty as a picture which was her second book that was published in February”
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Your House Will Pay
Your House Will Pay is a powerful novel by Steph Cha that explores the complex historical and racial tensions in Los Angeles through the lens of two families connected by a tragic shooting.
Recommended“and from a few months back I still think a lot about your house will pay by Steph cha”
Where to get it
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Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere is a contemporary novel that explores the intertwined fates of families in an idyllic Ohio suburb, touching on themes of race, class, and motherhood.
Discussed“you mention Celeste Ang and little fires everywhere is of course now streaming”
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The Saturdays
The Saturdays is a charming children's novel by Elizabeth Enright that follows four motherless siblings who pool their allowances to form an independent club for weekend adventures in New York City.
Recommended“so I think you'll be happy to hear Pamela that what we're reading right now are all the Saturday books by Elizabeth inright”
Where to get it
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The four-story mistake
Discussed“it is the four story mistake and then there were five... the four story mistake refers to this big Brownstone that they have in the city”
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Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake #1)
Gone-Away Lake is a classic children's novel written by Elizabeth Enright with illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush, following children who discover an abandoned summer community near a swamp.
Recommended“which is goneway Lake... is that the one where the children discover an abandoned summer Community”
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Citizens
Discussed“and so I pivoted about as severely as you can from that and I picked up um Simon sh's history of the French Revolution called citizens”
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The Embarrassment of Riches
Discussed“can I ask both of you did you ever read an embarrassment of riches... no no that book is his history of 17th century Netherlands”
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Every song ever
Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by Ben Ratliff is an innovative exploration of how digital streaming technology has transformed human listening habits, offering twenty distinct frameworks for appreciating music in an era of infinite access.
Recommended“so I'm reading his most recent book called every song ever 20 ways to listen in an age of musical plenty”
Where to get it
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The Cook
The Cook is a short novel by French author Maylis de Kerangal that follows the demanding and transient life of a young culinary professional.
Recommended“so I'll talk about the short book first which is a book called The Cook which came out earlier this year by meist to Kangal and it is really short”
Where to get it
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Mend the Living
Mend the Living is a contemporary novel by Maylis de Kerangal that traces the harrowing twenty-four-hour cycle surrounding a tragic accident and subsequent organ donation.
Recommended“her previous book I also read because it had such an interesting premise it was called the heart”
Where to get it
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Dropped Names
Dropped Names by Frank Langella is a memoir featuring intimate sketches of famous men and women the actor knew throughout his life.
Recommended“and someone just told me that it's especially fun on audio because Franklin Jella the author reads it himself on audio the book is called dropped names famous men and women as I knew them”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“her new book is called this is all I got a new mother search for Home”
“Lauren Sandler's new book is called this is all I got a new Mother's search for Home”
“she is the author of the real Lolita and editor of the forthcoming Anthology unspeakable acts true Tales of crime murder deceit and Obsession”
“she is the author of the real Lolita and editor of the forthcoming Anthology unspeakable acts true Tales of crime murder deceit and Obsession”
“she is the author of the real Lolita and editor of the forthcoming Anthology unspeakable acts true Tales of crime murder deceit and Obsession”
“Sarah weinman is the author of the real Oita”
“her forthcoming Anthology is called unspeakable acts true Tales of crime murder deceit and Obsession”
“her forthcoming Anthology is called unspeakable acts true Tales of crime murder deceit and Obsession”
“it is the four story mistake and then there were five”
“he is the kind of writer where I I think right after this book there's another big one called landscape and memory that I've been meaning”