July 22, 2025 • 78 mins
Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the third quarter of 2025.
Pamela's Selections:
July A Marriage at Sea by Sophie ElmhirstTypewriter Beach by Meg Waite ClaytonThe Harvey Girls by Juliette FayAshes to Ashes by Thomas MaltmanAugustJoy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn MayneJust Another Dead Author by Katarina BivaldThe Lies They Told by Ellen Marie WisemanDestroy This House by Amanda UhleSeptemberLife and Death and Giants by Ron RindoSweet, Tart by Kara Thom Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoyThe Many Mothers of Dolores Moore by Anika Fajardo
Mary’s Selections:
JulyNo Lost Causes Club by Lauren McQuistin
The Cleaner by Mary Watson
The Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang
The Lake's Water Is Never Sweet by Giulia Caminito
August
This Happened to Me by Kate Price
Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino
We Should All Be Birds by Brian Buckbee
Are You Mad at Me by Meg Josephson, MSW
September
Awake by Jen Hatmaker
Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
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