Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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.
Recommended“I keep thinking about Bronson pinch's read of strangers on a train I just felt like his voice and his reading and his acting ability really matched well with the tone and the pace of that novel”
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There are no children here
There are no children here by Alex Kotlowitz is a powerful work of investigative journalism that chronicles the lives of two boys growing up in a Chicago public housing project.
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”
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a psychological thriller novel centering on the turbulent marriage and sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne, told through deceptive alternating perspectives.
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 is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring her famous detective Hercule Poirot.
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? is a classic detective novel 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 featuring Superintendent Battle.
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 classic 1939 hardboiled detective novel that introduced private investigator Philip Marlowe and defined the noir genre.
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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The Talented Mr. Ripley
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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 debut crime novel by Sara Sligar that delves into art conservation, family secrets, and a suspicious drowning.
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.
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 novel by Steph Cha that explores the complex aftermath of a tragic shooting in Los Angeles against the backdrop of racial tensions.
Recommended“and from a few months back I still think a lot about your house will pay by Steph cha”
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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 children's novel by Elizabeth Enright that follows four siblings living in New York City who form an exclusive club.
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”
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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 children's novel written by Elizabeth Enright, featuring illustrations by Beth Krush and Joe Krush.
Recommended“which is goneway Lake... is that the one where the children discover an abandoned summer Community”
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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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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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”
“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”
“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”