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The Book Show #1647 - Gish Jen

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published February 11, 2020 at 3:00 PM EST
Book cover for "The Resisters" by Gish Jen

In Gish Jen’s latest “The Resisters,” we meet Gwen who has a Golden Arm and her teens find her happily playing in an underground baseball league. The novel is the story of an America that seems ever more possible. It is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value as well as their very existence.
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