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Books We Are Thankful For, Nov. 24, 2015

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This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the books they are thankful for, including The Giant’s House, When Women Were Birds, and The Known World.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin

The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken

Sula by Toni Morrison

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Zazen by Vanessa Veselka

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

What we’re reading:

The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories by Carlos Velázquez (Author), Achy Obejas (Translator)

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

Books out this week:

Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eye by Tania del Rio and Will Staehle

Mother Bruce by Ryan Higgins

All of Us and Everything by Bridget Asher

The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris

Private Life by Josep Maria De Sagarra, translated by Mary Ann Newman

The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State by Lisa McGirr

Gratitude by Oliver Sacks