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The Book Show: November 21, 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.

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

Faith's Picks:

  • Spycatcher, Matthew Dunne
  • A Paper-Cut Christmas: Legends of the Gift Giver, Martha Link Walsh

Lee's Picks:

  • Night Film, Marisha Pessl
  • Finishing School, Muriel Spark
  • A Passage to India, E. M. Forster
  • Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, Thomas Hardy
  • We Are Water, Wally Lamb

Rose's picks:

  • The Signature of all Things, Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit, Krista Tippett
  • The Good Girl's Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace, Lynn Povich

Roxanne's Picks:

  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
  • Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valian Swabian, A. Douglas Stone
  • The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
  • Snowflakes Fall, Patricia Maclachlan and Steven Kellogg
  • Survival Lessons, Alice Hoffman

GUESTS:

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

MUSIC:

  • “Gne Gne,” Montefiori Cocktail
  • “Regiment,” Brian Eno + David Byrne
  • “Number 9,” Moon Hooch
  • “Rewrite,” Paul Simon

Lori Connecticut Public's Morning Edition host.
Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.
For more than 25 years, the two-time Peabody Award-winning Faith Middleton Show has been widely recognized for fostering insightful, thought-provoking conversation. Faith Middleton offers her listeners some of the world's most fascinating people and subjects. The show has been inducted into the Connecticut Magazine Hall of Fame as "Best Local Talk Show".

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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.