#1668: Amity Gaige “Sea Wife”

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#1668: Amity Gaige “Sea Wife” | The Book Show

Jul 07 2020 | 00:27:30

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Show Notes

This week on The Book Show, Amity Gaige discusses her book, Sea Wife. A transporting novel about marriage, family and love in a time of turmoil. Sea Wife is about a young family who takes a yearlong sailing trip, which alters their lives. Gaige writes with dual perspectives: Juliet’s first-person narration, and Michael’s captain’s log, […]

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