Lois Lowry has written more than 40 books. As of this month, she is also featured in half of our 2021 Patreon episodes. This is incidentally very close to the total number of surviving Shakers. Just in time for spring, we read Lowry's Like the Willow Tree, a Dear America journey for the ages. Based on meticulous research at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community, this book features a young diarist named Lydia who loses her parents to the flu pandemic. Though the Shakers initially wreck her plans, Lydia eventually teach her how to bend to the wind. We discuss Shaker controversies, our varying levels of interest in intentional communities, and much more.

Like to read along? You can support the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

by purchasing Lowry's book here:

https://www.maineshakers.com/product/like-the-willow-tree-by-lois-lowry/

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Our next book (May 2021) is Last Night at the Telegraph Club, a novel

by Malinda Lo.

 

Original air date: April 21, 2021

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