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All About Books is a weekly NET Radio book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated Thursdays.
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Author Steven Wingate and his new novel "The Leave-Takers"
24/02/2021 Duración: 14minThe University of Nebraska Press has just published South Dakota writer, Steven Wingate’s new novel, “The Leave-Takers.” On this week’s “All About Books”, host Pat Leach talks with Wingate about the book and his patient style of writing.
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“Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez
17/02/2021 Duración: 08minAnotonia Vega is a professor of English and an immigrant, she confronts the loss of her husband in the novel, “Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez. The story follows Vega as she continues to seek inspiration from literature to guide her though new challenges.
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"Redhead by the Side of the Road: a Novel" by Anne Tyler.
10/02/2021 Duración: 07minA technology expert who enjoys a dependably quiet routine is upended by a suddenly homeless girlfriend and a teenage boy claiming to be his son. It's all in, "Redhead by the Side of the Road: a Novel" by Anne Tyler.
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. “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” by Sara Collins
03/02/2021 Duración: 06minA mixed-race woman born into slavery on a Jamaican plantation ends up in London at the center of a murder case. “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” by Sara Collins is a mystery written with careful attention to the history of the novel's setting..
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“Minor Feelings” by Cathy Park Hong
27/01/2021 Duración: 08min“Minor Feelings” is a collection of essays described as honest, funny, and provocative. A look at poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong's cultural observations involving everything from racial identity to art and family.
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“Here We Are” by Graham Swift
20/01/2021 Duración: 08minIn the summer of 1959, three young performers come together for a variety show in sea side town of Brighton England. “All About Books” reviews the short novel “Here We Are” by Graham Swift, which delves into the love, family and memory of all the characters.
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“Paper Bullets” by Jeffrey Jackson
13/01/2021 Duración: 09minTwo women of the Paris Avant Garde art world were living on the British Channel Island of Jersey when the Nazis invaded. A new book tells how these artists resisted the occupation and imprisonment in their own unique way. “Paper Bullets” by Jeffrey Jackson
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“The Less You Know About Us” by Axton Betz-Hamilton
06/01/2021 Duración: 08minIn the early 1990’s, an average Indiana family had their identities stolen, crippling the couple and their young daughter’s life. That young girl became a professor and expert on identity theft, eventually discovering the culprit. "All About Books" reviews this true-crime story, “The Less You Know About Us” by Axton Betz-Hamilton.