This week, join Alli and her guest for an exciting voyage to Antarctica… and also for a conversation about Troubling a Star by Madeleine L’Engle. The fifth installment in L’Engle’s beloved Austin Family Chronicles series, the book was published in 1994 and explores subjects of espionage, nuclear waste dumping, drug trafficking, and more. Join the fun as we try to unpack all of it—and don’t be turned off if you’re not familiar with the story. Alli and Elise both read Troubling a Star, and they’re still not sure how much they know about it.
Elise Hu is a journalist, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Host of TED Talks Daily and co-host of Forever 35, Elise also recently published Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. Follow her on Instagram @elisewho.
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What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love by Laurel Braitman
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
MORE READING:
“Troubling a Star, by Madeleine L’Engle” (Pickle Me This, 2019)
“Troubling a Star by Madeleine L’Engle” (Fill Your Bookshelf, 2020)
“Troubling a Star” (Kirkus, 1994)
“Book Review: Troubling a Star by Madeleine L’Engle (1994)” (Read-at-Home Mom, 2014)
“The Creepy Authoritarianism of Madeleine L’Engle” (The Paris Review, 2019)
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