The Book Case

When we visited with Ann Patchett a few months ago, she talked almost non stop about Yiyun Li’s newest, MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT, which she called “close the perfect novel”. We went right home and read it and booked Yiyun for her earliest availability, because she was right. Yiyun Li, the writer of MUSIC AGSINST THE NIGHT, joins us to talk about her beautifully written new book, and why she felt, at this stage in her career, she felt comfortable tackling a literary trilogy. We also talk to a not for profit, BINC, whose purpose is to financially support independent booksellers for any variety of reasons. Join us!



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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

The Vagrants by Yiyun Li

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

Whistler by Ann Patchett

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
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This week we have to terrific authors in one show. Robert Kolker’s newest, The Vanishing Family, is a look at a family afflicted with an early onset dementia, and how this family could revolutionize the way we think about the aging mind. Chloe Benjamin was GMA’s September Book Club pick, and although we are late to the party, we are proud to get to attend at all. It’s a mind-blowing book about time flowing backwards, and forwards. Join us for a sit down with two great authors and their two great books.

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Understory by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin

The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Lost Girls by Robert Kolker
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Up until now, there hasn’t really been a complete compendium on the Hindenburg disaster. Catherine Grace Katz gives it us in SHADOW BEFORE THE FLAME, and it is a page turner. Filled with top notch research, Katz drops readers squarely in the 1930’s so that they experience the majesty, mystery and looming fascism that cloaked the Hindenburg’s journey from
Germany to the US. Something the size of three football fields was destroyed in 34 seconds. What did the people see on the ground? What did the passengers feel and see as it combusted? Did anyone live? These are all questions asked and answered on this week’s podcast. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War by Catherine Grace Katz

The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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Jennifer McMahon has been called the Shirley Jackson of her generation. Her newest, Stay Buried, is a fascinating look at what can happen to a small town when beset with an almost inhuman pandemic, and how they turn on each other as the diseases claims victim after victim (sound familiar?). Come join us for a great conversation with Jennifer in which we talk abut her ides, her process, and how there is a touch of the scary in so many of the classics we love.

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Stay Unburied by Jennifer McMahonThe Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahonMy Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahonThe Winter People by Jennifer McMahonThe Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahonPromise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahonKin by Tayari JonesThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonBeloved by Toni MorrisonLord of the Flies by William GoldingHamlet by William Shakespeare

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Jodi Picoult’s newest, Hollow Bones, is probably more topical than even she would have wanted. A book that heart wrenchingly twists
the anniversaries of 9/11 along with a serious look at Post Partem Psychosis, Picoult acknowledges how relevant this story may be in the shadow of the Lindsay Clancy trial. She of course, could not know how riveting and frightening that trial would be for so many Americans to read about and watch, and this book treats the subject with sensitivity and care. Join us as we talk to Picoult about how she feels about PPP as a mother herself (and grandmother) and how the medical system needs to do better for new moms.

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Books featured in this episode:

Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

Vanishing Act by Jodi Picoult

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult

Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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