Episode 33: Girl Waits With Gun: Future Historical Fiction

03/15/17 • 66 min

Susan, Meredith, and Jeannette discuss historical fiction: what is it, what isn’t it, and do we like it? Then we dig into Amy Stewart’s novel Girl Waits with Gun, and the complicated relationship between sisters, mothers and daughters, and women, sheriffs, and Singer salesmen.

Show Notes

Discuss Girl Waits with Gun with us on Goodreads
Interview with Amy Stewart
Another Interview with Amy Stewart
The Real People Behind the Characters
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart on Goodreads and Amazon
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab on Goodreads and Amazon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling on Goodreads and Amazon
Freeks by Amanda Hocking on Goodreads and Amazon
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard on Goodreads and Amazon
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens on Goodreads and Amazon
March Trilogy by John Lewis on Goodreads and Amazon
Uprooted by Naomi Novik on Goodreads and Amazon
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Goodreads and Amazon
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi on Goodreads and Amazon
A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab on Goodreads and Amazon
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman on G...

Show Notes

Discuss Girl Waits with Gun with us on Goodreads
Interview with Amy Stewart
Another Interview with Amy Stewart
The Real People Behind the Characters
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart on Goodreads and Amazon
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab on Goodreads and Amazon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling on Goodreads and Amazon
Freeks by Amanda Hocking on Goodreads and Amazon
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard on Goodreads and Amazon
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens on Goodreads and Amazon
March Trilogy by John Lewis on Goodreads and Amazon
Uprooted by Naomi Novik on Goodreads and Amazon
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Goodreads and Amazon
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi on Goodreads and Amazon
A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab on Goodreads and Amazon
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman on G...

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Episode 32: Interview With Tara Clancy

Susan and Meredith interview the amazing Tara Clancy, author of The Clancys of Queens. We talk about her reasons to writing her memoirs of growing up and how became the woman she is today.

Tara Clancy’s website
The Clancys of Queens on GoodReads and Amazon
Tara Clancy’s interview on NPR

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Susan has updates on our reading challenges, while Jeannette has a stack of new books to recommend. And we’re all excited about the PRIZES we’ll be handing out in June! Then we talk about the memoir Love Warrior and gaps between what we want and what authors give us.