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Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop

Book Cover - Hunger

  This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier at The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA.

List:
Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection by Medea Benjamin
To the New Owners: A Martha’s Vineyard Memoir by Madeleine Blais - July 7 at 7 pm at the Odyssey
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen: Delicious, Nourishing Food for Lifelong Health and Well-Being by Brittany Wood Nickerson - July 13 at 7 pm at the Odyssey
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
The Wonderling written and illustrated by Mira Bartok - Sept. 30 at 4 pm at the Odyssey
Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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