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Lauren Groff Used 'Fates And Furies' To Bring 'Feminine Rage' Into Light
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Lauren Groff Used 'Fates And Furies' To Bring 'Feminine Rage' Into Light

Drawing from experiences living in the South and wanting to counter older portrayals, the author of Morning Edition's latest book club pick sought to craft "a strong woman who doesn't self-destruct."

Lauren Groff Used 'Fates And Furies' To Bring 'Feminine Rage' Into Light

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Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'Fates And Furies'
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Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'Fates And Furies'

Author and screenwriter Richard Russo has selected our third book — a new novel by Lauren Groff. Fates and Furies chronicles a marriage over 24 years. Russo calls it "an incredibly ambitious work."

Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'Fates And Furies'

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Kate Atkinson Tells Book Club How She Crafts Characters At All Life Stages

Kate Atkinson says she never sees her characters at just one stage of their lives. Just as we are constantly thinking about the past, present and future in real life, she constructs her characters in the same way. Euan Myles/Courtesy Hachette Book Group hide caption

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Kate Atkinson Tells Book Club How She Crafts Characters At All Life Stages

In A God in Ruins, Atkinson jumps forward and backward in time, telling the story of characters as children, parents and grandparents. "We don't just live in this moment," she says.

Kate Atkinson Tells Book Club How She Crafts Characters At All Life Stages

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Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'A God In Ruins'

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson is May's Morning Edition book club selection. We'll talk with Atkinson on June 16. Read along with us, and send us your questions and comments about the book. (Book guide by Veronica Erb/NPR) Emily Jan/NPR hide caption

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Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'A God In Ruins'

Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, who selected the book, tells NPR's David Greene that Kate Atkinson is "one of those writers that really can make you weep on one page and laugh on the next."

Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'A God In Ruins'

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Book Club: Hector Tobar Answers Your Questions About 'Deep Down Dark'
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Book Club: Hector Tobar Answers Your Questions About 'Deep Down Dark'

Tobar says it was a "great honor" to interview the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010. They lived "one of the great adventure stories of the 21st century," he says.

Book Club: Hector Tobar Answers Your Questions About 'Deep Down Dark'

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Morning Edition Book Club Selects Its First Read

The first pick, selected by author Ann Patchett, is the gripping story of the rescue of 33 Chilean miners in 2010. The miners' ordeal is laid out by journalist Hector Tobar in Deep Down Dark.

Morning Edition Book Club Selects Its First Read

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Join The Morning Edition Book Club: We're Reading 'Deep Down Dark'
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Join The Morning Edition Book Club: We're Reading 'Deep Down Dark'

Welcome to the first meeting of NPR's new book club! We're reading Hector Tobar's account of 33 men who were trapped for 69 days in a Chilean mine. Send us your questions; we may read them on-air.

Join The Morning Edition Book Club: We're Reading 'Deep Down Dark'

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