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The Book Show #1777 - Elisa Albert - Human Blues
In Elisa Albert’s highly-anticipated new novel, “Human Blues,” musician Aviva Rosner’s course cracks and crumbles the harder she pounds the pavement. Aviva wants to...
#1776 – Séamas O'Reilly - Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? | The Book Show
Writer Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow...
#1775 Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona | The Book Show
Ottessa Moshfegh’s new novel “Lapvona” brings us to a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters where a motherless shepherd boy finds...
#1774 Emma Straub “This Time Tomorrow” | The Book Show
What if you could take a vacation to your past? With her humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestselling author Emma Straub...
#1773 Tom Perotta - Tracy Flick Can't Win | The Book Show
Tracy Flick, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta’s novel “Election,” is back and determined to, once again, take high school politics by storm. Tom...
#1772 Geraldine Brooks "Horse" | The Book Show
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history. In her new novel, "Horse,"...