Episode #36: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS by Sarah Orne Jewett, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early July.

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Books mentioned:

• The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
• A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett
• Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
• O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
• Willa Cather: Double Lives by Hermione Lee
• Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater
• Nadja by André Breton, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti
• The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré
• Audition by Katie Kitamura
• Audition by Pip Adam
• Animal Stories by Kate Zambreno
• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
• My Heresies by Aline Stefanescu
• There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

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