Friends at the Library

My Favourite Things by Maira Kalman


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Jennifer Wong shares one of her favourite books with Jenn Martin, which happens to be called My Favourite Things! Jenn then shares some ideas for books to read if you like character-driven novels told by multiple narrators.

Books, authors, websites mentioned in this episode

  • My Favourite Things by Maira Kalman
  • Maira Kalman in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/maira-kalman
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vorst
  • Brainpickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/

Reading suggestions for Claire

Claire loved:

  • Goodwood by Holly Throsby
  • The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
  • The Overstorey by Richard Powers

 Jenn's suggestions:

  • Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Celestial Jukebox by Cynthia Shearer
  • The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
  • A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
  • Ghostwritten by David Mitchell

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Friends at the LibraryBy Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong