AOT #406: John Searles Podcasts Help for the Haunted

John Searles is the author of the national bestsellers Boy Still Missing and Strange but True. He frequently appears as a book critic on NBC’s Today show and CBS’s The Early Show. He is the Editor-at-Large of Cosmopolitan, and his essays have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other national newspapers and magazines. Searles reads from and discusses his new novel Help for the Haunted, an unforgettable story of a most unusual family, their deep secrets, their harrowing tragedy, and ultimately, a daughter’s discovery of a dark and unexpected mystery.

($26.99) William Morrow ISBN # 9780060779634. You can visit John Searles‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #405: Wally Lamb Podcasts We Are Water

Wally Lamb, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much Is True, reads from and discusses his new novel We Are Water, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. With humor and compassion, Lamb brilliantly captures the essence of human experience and the ways in which we search for love and meaning in our lives.

($29.99) HarperCollins ISBN # 9780061941023. You can visit Wally Lamb‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #404: Alan Weisman Podcasts Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

Alan Weisman is the author of several books, including The World Without Us, an international best-seller and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Weisman discusses his new book Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, a powerful investigation into the chances for humanity’s future. By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance.

($28.00) Little, Brown ISBN # 9780316097758. You can visit Alan Weisman‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #403: A. Scott Berg Podcasts Wilson

A. Scott Berg is the author of Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, Goldwyn: A Biography, Kate Remembered, and Lindbergh, for which he received the National Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize respectively. Berg discusses his new book Wilson, the definitive – and revelatory – biography of one of the great American figures of modern times, the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson.

($40.00) Putnam ISBN # 9780399159213. You can visit A. Scott Berg‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #402: Alice McDermott Podcasts Someone

Alice McDermott is the author of six previous novels, including After This, Child of My Heart, Charming Billy (winner of the 1998 National Book Award), and At Weddings and Wakes. McDermott reads from and discusses her new novel Someone, a fully realized portrait of one woman’s life in all its complexity – a transformative narrative, stitched into a vibrant whole by McDermott’s deft, lyrical voice.

($25.00) FS&G ISBN # 9780374281090.

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AOT #401: W. Bruce Cameron Podcasts The Dogs of Christmas

Life is Better Rescue joined us in presenting W. Bruce Cameron, the bestselling author of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and A Dog’s Purpose, as he discussed his new novel The Dogs of Christmas, a charming and heartwarming holiday tale that explores the power of love, trust, and a basket full of puppies.

($15.99) Forge ISBN # 9780765330550. You can visit W. Bruce Cameron‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #400: Thomas Keneally Podcasts The Daughters of Mars

Thomas Keneally, the acclaimed author whose works include Schindler’s List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, reads from and discusses his new novel The Daughters of Mars. At once vast in scope and extraordinarily intimate, The Daughters of Mars brings World War I vividly to life from an uncommon perspective. Keneally has written a remarkable novel about suffering and transcendence, despair and triumph, and the simple acts of decency that make us human even in a world gone mad.

($28.00) Atria ISBN # 9781476734613.

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AOT #399: Katy Butler Podcasts Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Science writer and essayist Katy Butler discusses her family memoir Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death. When doctors refused to disable her aged, very ill father’s pace­maker, sentencing him to a protracted and agonizing death, Katy set out to understand why. Her quest had barely begun when her mother faced her own illness, rebelled against her doctors, refused open-heart surgery, and instead met death head-on. Knocking on Heaven’s Door, a revolutionary blend of memoir and investigative reporting, is the fruit of the Butler family’s journey.

($25.00) Scribner ISBN # 9781451641974. You can visit Katy Butler‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #398: Jamie Ford Podcasts Songs of Willow Frost

Jamie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, reads from and discusses his new novel Songs of Willow Frost. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls – a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past – both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.

($26.00) Ballantine ISBN # 9780345522023. You can visit Jamie Ford‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #397: Natasha Solomons Podcasts The Gallery of Vanished Husbands

Natasha Solomons, the bestselling author of The House at Tyneford, reads from and discusses her new novel The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. London, 1958. It’s the eve of the sexual revolution, but in Juliet Montague’s conservative Jewish community where only men can divorce women, she finds herself a living widow, invisible. Ever since her husband disappeared seven years ago, Juliet has been a hardworking single mother of two and unnaturally practical. But on her thirtieth birthday, thanks to a wealthy young artist, that’s all about to change.

($16.00) Plume ISBN # 9780142180549. You can visit Natasha Solomons‘s official web site as well.

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