#1660: Emily St. John Mandel’s “The Glass Hotel”

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#1660: Emily St. John Mandel’s “The Glass Hotel” | The Book Show

May 14 2020 | 00:29:55

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Show Notes

Emily St. John Mandel is the award winning author of “Station 11.” Her new novel “The Glass Hotel” is set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events; a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. In the story Mandel highlights crisis and survival. Readers […]

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