Gayle and Nicole spend the first half of the podcast chatting with Cynthia Swanson, the author of The Bookseller & The Glass Forest. Though both Cynthia's novels are historical fiction, set in the late 50s and early 60s, we discussed the parallels between the issues and challenges women faced then and now. Later on in the show, we Gayle and Nicole discuss the books they've recently finished, what they're reading next, and Nicole's vacation reads.   Books Mentioned and Discussed in this Podcast: Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser Born A Crime by Trevor Noah The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis Educated by Tara Westover The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson Indecent by Corinne Davis The Enchantress of Numbers Jennifer Chiaverini The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel Tangerine by Christine Mangan The Paris Wife by Paula McClain The High Season by Judy Blundell

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