Scott Simon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Ahead: Tom Skerritt on his lifetime performances in EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. Then Anthony Doerr on his stunning new novel (another one!) CLOUD CUCKOO LAND.

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"What family doesn't have its ups and downs?" -James Goldman's THE LION IN WINTER https://t.co/q0ncndN0ZP

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Our family Open Book welcomes @BonnieGarmus for LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY and an incomparable character. 6:15 pm et 3:15 pm pt Your questions conveyed! And a haiku from Daisy delivered!

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Our family Open Book opens to Irving Berlin. How did he come to write White Christmas, and Holiday Inn? Recollections and lyrics. 6:15 pm et 3:15 pm pt Live rrright here on Twitter!

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Ahead: Robert Jones Jr. on his extraordinary debut novel, THE PROPHETS, about love between two men who are enslaved in the 1840’s. And then, Nora Brown, a 15 yr of banjo artist from, of all places, Brooklyn. Wait til you hear her pick!

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We speak with our friend @felixmehmel (Benjamin Taylor, The Search) on Proust, 100 years after his passing (Proust, that is; Ben, bless him, still with us): https://t.co/R4ck8FjDno

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Ahead: two states with different approaches to sex education in schools. Then the great writer Mohsin Hamid on his new novel, THE LAST WHITE MAN, in which a whole society changes color suddenly…

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An encore while our family is away. Who better to talk to than @jodipicoult about her book WISH YOU WERE HERE! https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MnxnkojEweKO

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Our promo for this week’s show, including a reading from Azar Nafisi’s READ DANGEROUSLY. Join us! https://t.co/qvWtGasdzQ

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PS. There would be no film if Erich Maria Remarque had not written All Quiet on The Western Front in 1928.