March 30, 2021

#1706: Imbolo Mbue “How Beautiful We Were” | The Book Show

WAMC Podcasts

#1706: Imbolo Mbue "How Beautiful We Were" | The Book Show

00:00 / 00:27:53

This week, New York Times best-selling novelist Imbolo Mbue discusses his new novel, How Beautiful We Were. The book is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.

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#1709: Sarah Conley “Landslide” | The Book Show

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#1709: Sarah Conley "Landslide" | The Book Show

00:00 / 00:27:40

This week, in Susan Conley’s new novel Landslide, a mother is caring for her two teenage sons while everything else, her marriage and the fishing industry her New England community relies on, threatens to crumble around her.