We’re exploring fiction that depicts the immigrant and refugee experience, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ann’s picks:
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (buy from Bookshop)
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (buy from Bookshop)
– Titanic (film)
– Ruta Sepetys books - The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (buy from Bookshop)
– The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop)
– Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop)
Halle’s picks:
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (buy from Bookshop)
– Exit West (film) - The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop)
– Liz Moore books
– Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (buy from Bookshop) - The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez (buy from Bookshop)
– Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (buy from Bookshop)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors by Mandy Lee (buy from Bookshop)
– Mandy Lee’s Flattening the Bird
– Lady and Pups (blog)
– @ladyandpups - Halle: The Verifiers by Jane Pek (buy from Bookshop)
– Book of the Month
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