We listen back to one of our most popular programs. Learn which books should make your summer reading list.
Guests:
Josh Bodwell, executive director of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
Lily King: Her first novel, The Pleasing Hour (1999) was a New York Times Notable Book. Her second, The English Teacher, was a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year. Her third novel, Father of the Rain (2010), was a New York Times Editors Choice. Lily's 2014 novel, Euphoria, won the Kirkus Award for Fiction 2014, the New England Book Award for Fiction 2014 and was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Awards. Euphoria was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review. The novel is being translated into numerous languages and a feature film is underway.
Click here for a link to our Maine Calling Book Club show (Sept 23, 2015) on Jim Nichol's book, Closer All The Time.
Click hereto see a list of the books mentioned on today's program.