Episode · The Book Review · 2016-10-07
Books mentioned on Sing for Your Life
Pamela Paul discussed Sing for your life by Daniel Bergner and Today will be different by Maria Semple. Maria Semple discussed This One Is Mine by Maria Semple. John Williams recommended The car thief by Theodore Weesner. Greg Cowles recommended Ninety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams and 300 arguments by Sarah Manguso.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sing for your life
Discussed“author Daniel bergner is here to talk about his new book sing for your life a story of race music and family”
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Today will be different
Today Will Be Different is a darkly comedic novel following a frantic woman trying to transform her life and manage her chaotic family over the course of a single day in Seattle.
Discussed“Maria is here to talk about her latest book today will be different”
Where to get it
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This One Is Mine
Discussed“so my first novel is called this one is mine and it took place in La”
Where to get it
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The car thief
The Car Thief by Theodore Weesner is a coming-of-age novel first published in 1972 that follows a troubled teenager who steals cars to cope with a fractured family life.
Recommended“he thought he was worthy of mention was really this one book called the car thief a novel that was first published in 1972 And um it's a Coming of Age story”
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Ninety-Nine Stories of God
Ninety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams is a collection of brief, eccentric, and darkly humorous vignettes exploring divine and human absurdity.
Recommended“I guess it's the Joy Williams Book 99 stories of God”
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300 arguments
300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso is a collection of concise, aphoristic essays that explore art, love, ambition, and the female experience in pithy, sharp observations.
Recommended“and this book is called 300 arguments it comes out in February”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“this weekend the girl on the train is opening and of course everyone's familiar with that book it sold more than 6 million copies in the us alone became an overnight sensation”
“we have an extraordinary looking film from Angley based on Ben fountain's novel Billy Lyn's long halime walk”
“and a final movie that's out now based on another bestseller that is on our list and has been for a long long time is a Swedish film called a man called AA”
“loved Maria simple's last novel where' you go bernardette”
“in researching this I I came up with this incredible letter that Weisner wrote to the book review in 198 7 when we reviewed another novel of his called The True Detective”
“it's by the poet and essayist um Sarah manuso whose last book ongoingness was a book about her diary that she's kept”