The Book Show | Sue Halpern - What We Leave Behind

August 12, 2025 00:27:27
The Book Show | Sue Halpern - What We Leave Behind
The Book Show
The Book Show | Sue Halpern - What We Leave Behind

Aug 12 2025 | 00:27:27

/

Show Notes

It's the perennial question: Are we a product of how we were raised or is our identity hard wired by our genetic inheritance? These questions are explored in Sue Halpern’s new novel “What We Leave Behind.” Halpern is the author of seven books of fiction and non-fiction and scholar in residence at Middlebury College.

Other Episodes

Episode

September 09, 2019 00:30:00
Episode Cover

#1625: Bob Berman’s New Book “Earth-Shattering”

The majority of celestial space is inactive and will remain forever unruffled. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes the very fabric of...

Listen

Episode

February 22, 2022 00:30:00
Episode Cover

#1753: Brendan Slocumb’s “The Violin Conspiracy” | The Book Show

Brendan Slocumb’s debut thriller, “The Violin Conspiracy,” is a page-turner about a Black classical musician’s desperate quest to recover his lost family heirloom violin...

Listen

Episode

June 25, 2019 00:30:00
Episode Cover

#1614: Journalist Ruth Reichl Discusses Latest Book “Save Me the Plums”

Ruth Reichl is an award-winning journalist, honored with six James Beard Awards for her journalism, magazine feature writing, and criticism. Her latest book, “Save...

Listen