#1665: Lydia Millet “A Children’s Bible” | The Book Show

June 16, 2020 00:27:30
#1665: Lydia Millet “A Children’s Bible” | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1665: Lydia Millet “A Children’s Bible” | The Book Show

Jun 16 2020 | 00:27:30

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Show Notes

On this week’s Book Show, Lydia Millet discusses her new book A Children’s Bible. Her novel follows a group of children on a forced vacation with their families. Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor, drugs, and sex. The children feel neglected, and suffocated at the same time. When […]

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