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The Book Show: September 12, 2013

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Faith's motto on The Book Show is… Life is short, but it can be ever so wide.

Join Faith and her book buddies for a call-in show recommending terrific books to read in all categories.

If you're in a book club, please tell us what you've read and enjoyed.

And, hey, kids, we'd love to hear from you about books you love.

Mystery, classics, science, history, politics, humor, cookbooks, memoirs, biographies, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, instruction, graphic novels, health, happiness, wisdom—you'll hear it all on our book show.

Faith's Picks

  • The Trauma of Everyday Life, Mark Epstein
  • The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
  • The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That, Richard Betts

Roxanne's Picks

  • Wash, Margaret Wrinkle
  • This Town: Town Parties and a Funeral—Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!—in America's Gilded Capital, Mark Leibovich
  • Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently—and Succeeding, Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff
  • The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (illustrator)
  • Always Running: La Vida Loca—Gang Days in L. A., Luis J. Rodriguez

Lee's Picks

  • Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
  • Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens
  • The Last Dance, Ed McBain
  • The House of Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Rose's Picks

  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand
  • Lit, Mary Karr
  • Started Early, Took My Dog, Kate Atkinson

GUESTS:

  • Roxanne Coady - president and CEO, RJ Julia Bookseller
  • Lee Jacobus - author
  • Rose Quiello - professor of English, SCSU

Join the conversation by email, on Twitter, or on Facebook.

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The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.