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. It is the novel, fates and furies, by lauren groff. Welcome to the third session of the morning edition reads book club. Lauren groff used fates and furies to bring feminine rage into light the morning edition book club lauren groff used fates and. At age twentytwo, lotto and mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. Welcome to the third session of the morning edition book club.
Author and screenwriter richard russo has selected our third book a new novel by lauren groff. Emily bogle npr welcome to the third session of the morning edition reads book club. The morning edition book club listeners can put their questions to the novelist lauren groff, author of the latest selection, fates and furies. Critic maureen corrigan says fates and furies is a marvel but that. The second, furies, completes the tale, focusing on the wife. A dreamy marriage turns to rage in fates and furies. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The secrets here are character secrets, not plot secrets, he tells nprs david greene. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies september 15, 2015 author and screenwriter richard russo has selected our third book a new novel by lauren groff. This years edition of the concierge is dedicated to the memory of longtime npr book critic alan cheuse produced by nicole cohen, rose friedman, petra mayer and beth novey designed by annette elizabeth allen, david eads, becky lettenberger and wes lindamood published dec. And he has given us our assignment for the morning edition book club. A wellknown writer will pick a book he or she loved. The secrets here are character secrets, not plot secrets, he tells npr s david greene.
Oh, yes, youd return to your wife on hands and knees, crawl the. Lauren groff used fates and furies to bring feminine. Then, youll send npr your questions about the book. Fates and furies in september, npr announced the third session of the morning edition book club. Synopsis they meet in the final months of college, and by graduation, they had married. The washington post, npr, time, the seattle times, minneapolis startribune, slate, library journal, kirkus, and many more lauren groff is a writer of rare gifts, and fates and furies is an unabashedly ambitious. Beneath the husbandwife dichotomy and cutesie marriage of perspectives, there is a density, a complexity, that astonishes the reader and embroils them in a marriage between profoundly interesting characters. Fates and furies by lauren groff overdrive rakuten. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies. The washington post, npr, time, the seattle times, minneapolis startribune, slate, library journal, kirkus, and many more lauren groff is a writer of rare gifts, and fates. Nprs book concierge our guide to 2017s great reads. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies by npr staff sep 15, 2015 welcome to the third session of the morning edition book club. Fates and furies wisconsin public library consortium. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best.
You can learn how to share your thoughts and questions with our virtual book group, meeting here. The washington post, npr, time, the seattle times, minneapolis startribune, slate, library journal, kirkus, and many more lauren groff is a writer of rare gifts, and fates and furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that. This book is a new york times bestseller, a finalist for national book award 2015, and is named best book of the year by npr, washington post, kirkus, time, the seattle times and many more. The washington post, npr, time, the seattle times, minneapolis startribune, slate, library journal, kirkus, and many more lauren groff is a writer of rare gifts, andfates and furiesis an unabashedly.
Read fates and furies with the morning edition book club. Fates and furies is a book so great that it amazes me someone managed to write the damn thing. Join the morning edition book club as we read fates and furies author and screenwriter richard russo has selected our third book a. Produced by nicole cohen, rose friedman, petra mayer and glen weldon executive producer. Russo says what drew him to the book, which follows the arc. As his choice for morning editions book club, acclaimed author and screenwriter richard russo selected lauren groffs fates and furies.
Nprs book concierge our guide to 2015s great reads. The washington post, npr, time, the seattle times, minneapolis startribune, slate, library journal, kirkus, and many more lauren groff is a writer of rare gifts, and fates and furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers with comedy, tragedy, welldeployed. Her new novel, fates and furies, is a resounding critical success and a likely bestseller as it addresses the complicated dynamics of a marriage that lasts tue 22 sep 2015. But when lauren groff spoke with npr s rachel martin about the. Fates and furies prince william public library system. Fates and furies chronicles a marriage over 24 years. Fates and furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. Russo says that device allows for a stunning, 360degree view of a complex relationship.
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