Book Cougars | Book Cougars Podcast Episode 153 - Audio Only - Featuring an Author Spotlight with Amy Bloom @BookCougars | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 21 minutes ago.
Emily and Chris were honored to have the opportunity to talk with author Amy Bloom about her new memoir, IN LOVE: A Memoir of Love and Loss (bookshop.org/a/17535/9780593243947). IN LOVE is about Amy and her husband Brian Ameche's love and his decision to end his life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Both Book Cougars are captivated by this beautifully written memoir about love, the agony of dealing with dementia, and choosing to end one's life in a society that has no viable options.

We are currently doing a buddy read of MAUD MARTHA (banksquarebooks.com/book/9780883780619) by Gwendolyn Brooks. We also have an upcoming buddy read in the works with our Mystery Man, John Valeri. The three of us will discuss DEATH ON THE NILE (bookshop.org/books/death-on-the-nile/9780062073556) by Agatha Christie and the new Kenneth Branagh movie adaptation. If you’d like to join us in either of these buddy reads, we have discussion threads on our Goodreads group page.

Reminder that our next readalong is TWO OLD WOMEN: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival (bookshop.org/books/two-old-women-20th-anniversary-ed/9780972494496) by Velma Wallis.

Check out our show notes for a list of all the books, places, and dates mentioned in this episode: bookcougars.com/blog-1/2022/episode153.

Shoutouts!
—The Children on the Hill, Jennifer McMahon (forthcoming April 26, 2022) (bookshop.org/books/the-children-on-the-hill/9781982153953)
—Hungry Heart, Jennifer Weiner (audio)
(awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=988047&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm%2Faudiobooks%2F9781442361461)
—Miss Grief and Other Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson, ed Anne Boyd Rioux
(bookshop.org/books/miss-grief-and-other-stories/9780393352009)
—The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner (forthcoming May 10, 2022)
(bookshop.org/books/the-summer-place-9781501133572/9781501133572)
—Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
(bookshop.org/books/stellaluna/9780152062873)
—Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
(bookshop.org/books/vampenguin/9781534466982)
—Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
(bookshop.org/books/fiona-and-jane-9781432894467/9780593296042)
—The Murder of Mr. Wickham, Claudia Gray (forthcoming May 3, 2022)
(bookshop.org/books/the-murder-of-mr-wickham/9780593313817)
—Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh
(bookshop.org/books/learning-america-one-woman-s-fight-for-educational-justice-for-refugee-children-9780358712787/9780358569725)
—Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky (forthcoming June 14, 2022)
(bookshop.org/books/hurricane-girl/9780593320884)
—The Wise Women by Gina Sorell
(bookshop.org/books/the-wise-women-9798200856466/9780063111844)
—Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
(bookshop.org/books/memphis-9780593558737/9780593230480)
—A Tiny Upward Shove by Melissa Chadburn
(bookshop.org/books/a-tiny-upward-shove/9780374277758)
—Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
(bookshop.org/books/take-my-hand-9781432896058/9780593337691)
—Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott
(bookshop.org/books/bomb-shelter-love-time-and-other-explosives-9781638083740/9781982160784)
—House of Books in Kent, CT
(houseofbooksct.com/)

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