Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-10-27
Books mentioned on The Conflicted Legacy of Mitt Romney
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Romney
Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins is a sweeping biographical work that chronicles the political journey and personal evolution of Mitt Romney through extensive access to the politician, his family, and his private journals.
Discussed“so the book is Romney a reckoning but I feel like there's multiple reckonings going on in the book”
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is a celebrated historical fiction children's novel that recounts the brave efforts of a Danish family helping their Jewish friends escape to safety in Sweden during World War II.
Recommended“number two number the stars by Lois Lowry this is a shout out to my fifth grade daughter my oldest daughter who read this book last year and it's a about a Jewish family's escape from Denmark during World War II”
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Hell of a Book
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott is a National Book Award-winning novel that explores themes of race, identity, celebrity, and the author's own lived experiences in America through a narrative blending fiction and reality.
Recommended“um the plot by Jean H coretz hell of a book by Jason mot and less by Andrew Shan Greer”
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Less
Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a comedic and deeply moving Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows a middle-aged writer named Arthur Less as he embarks on a chaotic, globe-trotting journey to avoid an ex-boyfriend's wedding.
Recommended“um the plot by Jean H coretz hell of a book by Jason mot and less by Andrew Shan Greer”
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The Plot
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz is a literary thriller that follows a struggling, failed writer who commits a morally questionable act by stealing a deceased student's brilliant manuscript, only to find himself hunted by someone who knows the truth.
Recommended“um the plot by Jean H coretz hell of a book by Jason mot and less by Andrew Shan Greer”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“McKay cins a staff writer at the Atlantic goes deep on that decision and many other Romney has faced and his new book Romney a reckoning”