#1647: Gish Jen’s “The Resisters” | The Book Show

February 11, 2020 00:30:00
#1647: Gish Jen’s “The Resisters” | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1647: Gish Jen’s “The Resisters” | The Book Show

Feb 11 2020 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

In Gish Jen’s latest “The Resisters,” we meet Gwen who has a Golden Arm and finds herself happily playing in an underground baseball league in her teens. It is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value as well as their very existence.

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