This week, we’ll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Ann’s picks:
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
– Cold Mountain (film)
– The Odyssey by Homer
– National Book Award - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
– Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
– Jacqueline Winspear books - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
Halle’s picks:
- Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre
– Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
– Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (film)
– Redeployment by Phil Klay
– Serial: Season 2 (podcast)
– The Hurt Locker (film) - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
– Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - North and South trilogy by John Jakes
– North and South by John Jakes
– Love and War by John Jakes
– Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
– North and South (TV)
– The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
– Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
What We’re Reading This Week:
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