Losing A Parent and Coming of Age in Tom Perrottas Ghost Town @WnycOrg
Losing A Parent and Coming of Age in Tom Perrottas Ghost Town @WnycOrg
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
[REBROADCAST FROM June 1, 2026] Our May 2026 Get Lit book club selection was Ghost Town (bookshop.org/p/books/ghost-town-a-novel-tom-perrotta/24e6914ab9be536f?ean=9781668080634) by Tom Perrotta. The story follows a 13-year-old boy in 1970s New Jersey as he grapples with the loss of his mother. Perrotta speaks with Alison Stewart about the novel from the May Get Lit with All Of It book club event. 



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Losing A Parent and Coming of Age in Tom Perrotta's 'Ghost Town'

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