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Lucia Berlin's posthumous debut, A MANUEL FOR CLEANING WOMEN, was a sensation back in 2015. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review EVENING IN PARADISE, a new collection of short stories that Marion Winik finds just as brilliant as the first.

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What's Really the Matter with Kids Today?

Teenagers have always been fascinating, bewildering creatures - think Romeo and Juliet, or Jim ----You're tearing me apart!---- Stark in Rebel Without a Cause. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik shares a pair of novels full of teenage ----sturm und drang.----

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On this very special edition of The Weekly Reader, we turn the tables and talk to our very own book critic Marion Winik about THE BALTIMORE BOOK OF THE DEAD, her new collection of meditations on mourning, memory, and the healing power of storytelling.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, book critic Marion Winik shares a pair of books that are as much fun to listen to as they are to read. We preview Daniel James Brown's 2015 classic THE BOYS IN THE BOAT and Rebecca Makkai's THE GREAT BELIEVERS.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we go in search of The American Dream! Marion Winik previews two new memoirs about growing up in the United States under complex circumstances.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we preview two debut novels from promising new writers, Rae Del Bianco and Tommy Orange.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, book critic Marion Winik reviews two new books about fearless women who did things their way.