AOT #338: Molly Ringwald Podcasts When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories

Hollywood icon Molly Ringwald defined the teenage experience in such classic films as Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. Currently she stars in the ABC Family hit series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and is also the author of the bestselling book Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect Lipstick. Here Molly Ringwald reads from and discusses her debut as a fiction writer, When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories, a collection of linked stories about the heartbreak of betrayal in all its forms that the Washington Post says “succeeds as much on the page as her acting has done on screen.”

($24.99) It Books ISBN #9780061809460. You can visit Molly Ringwald’s official web site as well.

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AOT #337: Selden Edwards Podcasts The Lost Prince

Selden Edwards, the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling novel The Little Book, reads from and discusses his new book The Lost Prince, a novel about a love that is capable of bridging unfathomable distances. “Brilliant. Selden Edwards is a writer of great intellect and wit, and his books are a joy to read. I love The Lost Prince. The Little Book made such an impression on me; The Lost Prince is even better.” – Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

($26.95) Dutton ISBN #9780525952947. You can visit Selden Edwards’s official web site as well.

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AOT #336: Madeleine Albright Podcasts Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948. This moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia, during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War, shows readers Albright’s intensely personal journey into the past that offers vital lessons for the future. Prague Winter combines the intimacy of an autobiography with the drama of an exciting and well-told story-all underpinned by the gravity and intelligence of a serious work of history.

($29.99) HarperCollins ISBN #9780062030313.

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AOT #335: Jenny Lawson, a.k.a. The Bloggess Podcasts Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

Internet star Jenny Lawson, a.k.a. The Bloggess, reads from and discusses her literary debut Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir).

“The Bloggess writes stuff that actually is laugh-out-loud, but you know that really you shouldn’t be laughing and probably you’ll go to hell for laughing, so maybe you shouldn’t read it. That would be safer and wiser.” – Neil Gaiman

($25.95) Penguin ISBN #9780399159015. You can visit Jenny Lawson’s official web site as well.

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AOT #334: Christian Kiefer Podcasts The Infinite Tides

Christian Kiefer joins us, in conversation with bestselling author Pam Houston, to read from and discuss The Infinite Tides, a stunning debut novel about an astronaut’s return to earth and the losses he must confront.

“Maybe the most beautiful subject in literature, when it is handled with grace and intelligence, is the realization and release of long denied grief. Christian Kiefer created Astronaut Keith Corcoran to travel that galaxy of earthbound loss and regret, after one brief and glorious trip into orbit. The Infinite Tides is the most emotionally and syntactically sophisticated debut I have seen, possibly ever. Keith Corcoran’s space walk is so powerfully rendered, it keeps showing up in my dreams.”-Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted

($26.00) Bloomsbury ISBN #9781608198108. You can visit Christian Kiefer’s official web site as well.

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AOT #333: Rajiv Chandrasekaran Podcasts Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. Prior to that, he was bureau chief in Baghdad, before, during, and after the war. Chandrasekaran, the award-winning author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, discusses his new book Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan. Meticulously reported, hugely revealing, Little America is an unprecedented examination of a failing war-and an eye-opening look at the complex relationship between America and Afghanistan.

($27.95) Knopf ISBN #9780307957146. You can visit Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s official web site as well.

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AOT #332: Chris Cleave Podcasts Gold

Chris Cleave, the author of Incendiary and the New York Times bestseller Little Bee, reads from and discusses his new novel Gold. Set against the backdrop of the 2012 Olympics and echoing the adrenaline-fueled rush of a race around the Velodrome cycling track, Gold is a triumph of superbly paced, heart-in-throat storytelling. With great humanity and glorious prose, Chris Cleave examines the values that lie at the heart of our most intimate relationships, and the choices we make when lives are at stake and everything is on the line.

($27.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #9781451672725. You can visit Chris Cleave’s official web site as well.

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AOT #331: G. Willow Wilson Podcasts Alif the Unseen

G. Willow Wilson, the author of award-winning graphic novels, reads from and discusses her new book Alif the Unseen, a stunning and propulsive debut novel, blending cyberpunk adventure with the enchantment of Middle Eastern mythology. “G. Willow Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges cultures and people. You should read what she writes.” — Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods

($25.00) Grove ISBN #9780802120205. You can visit G. Willow Wilson’s official web site as well.

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AOT #330: María Dueñas Podcasts The Time In Between

María Dueñas reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of her debut novel The Time In Between, an inspiring international bestseller. The story of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II, The Time In Between is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. María Dueñas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller.

($16.00) Atria ISBN #9781451616897. You can visit María Dueñas’s official web site as well.

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AOT #329: Amor Towles Podcasts The Rules of Civility

Amor Towles reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his bestselling debut novel The Rules of Civility, a story of 1938 New York City and a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.

($16.00) Viking ISBN #9780143121169. You can visit Amor Towles’s official web site as well.

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