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Well-Read Episode #52 - Book Tourism - Southeast Asia

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We’re starting a new series where we’ll play tourist through books! Our first stop is Southeast Asia. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

  • The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill
– Dr. Siri Paiboun series by Colin Cotterill
– No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
– The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
  • The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee
  • The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, tr. Willem Samuels

    • Halle’s picks:

    • Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
    – Newbery Medal
  • In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
    • – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

    • What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero by Cate Lineberry (releases June 20)
    – Materials about Robert Smalls at Beaufort County Library
    – Be Free or Die events at Beaufort County Library
  • Halle: Your Perfect Life by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
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