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Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers.

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April 12, 2022 00:27:47
#1760: Peter Heller's "The Guide" | The Book Show

#1760: Peter Heller's "The Guide" | The Book Show

Peter Heller’s novel, “The Guide,” takes place against the backdrop of his home state of Colorado. It follows a young man, Jack, who accepts...

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April 05, 2022 00:27:29
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#1759 Stewart O'Nan "Ocean State"| The Book Show

Stewart O’Nan’s latest novel “Ocean State” is a compelling story about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things love makes us do.

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March 30, 2022 00:27:26
#1758 Colm Tóibín "The Magician" | The Book Show

#1758 Colm Tóibín "The Magician" | The Book Show

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] Colm Tóibín's "The Magician" is an intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's most intriguing literary...

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March 22, 2022 00:27:30
#1757: Susan Orlean “On Animals” | The Book Show

#1757: Susan Orlean “On Animals” | The Book Show

New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals in her new collection, “On Animals.” Orlean...

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March 15, 2022 00:27:30
#1756: Roddy Doyle "Life Without Children" | The Book Show

#1756: Roddy Doyle "Life Without Children" | The Book Show

Booker Prize–winning author Roddy Doyle’s latest is "Life Without Children." The book is a warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives told in...

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March 08, 2022 00:27:29
#1755: Isabel Allende "Violeta" | The Book Show

#1755: Isabel Allende "Violeta" | The Book Show

Isabel Allende’s new novel “Violeta” is a sweeping epic that tells the story of a woman whose life spans one hundred years from 1920–2020...

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