This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss After the Eclipse, Five-Carat Soul, Starfish, and more books.

This episode was sponsored by Talenti, ThirdLove, The Language of Thorns, and Lit Chat.

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Books discussed on the show:

After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry

Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart by Emily Nunn 

The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by J.Y. Yang

Treat! by Christian Vieler

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman

What we’re reading:

Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (editors)

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

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