Introducing The Toy Department with Elise Hart Kipness from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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Author Elise Hart Kipness joins Sarah to talk about her transition from journalism to writing fiction, what it’s like to live vicariously through her book’s main character, and the story behind her latest thriller, Dangerous Play, in which reporter Kate Green discovers a dead body in the locker room while covering the USWNT at the Olympics. Plus, Caitlin Clark adds another honor to her resume, a game for the corn farmers among us, and some great books to cozy up by the fire with.

• Pick up a copy of Dangerous Play at your local bookstore or via this Bookshop.org link

• And make sure to check out our other Good Game book club books, too! 

• Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League by Frankie de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo can be purchased here 

• Locker Room Talk by Melissa Ludtke can be purchased here 

• Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph by C. Vivian Stringer with Laura Tucker can be purchased here 

• The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer by Caitlin Murray can be purchased here 

• Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected] 

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