A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Elisabeth Egan talks about Esther Freud’s “I Couldn’t Love You More,” and Philip D’Anieri discusses “The Appalachian Trail.”

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0:00.0	What did it mean for an unwed woman to get pregnant in 1960s Ireland?
0:14.2	Elizabeth Egan will join us to talk about Esther Freud's novel.
0:17.6	I couldn't love you more.
0:20.7	And how did the Apple E-Chain Trail come to stretch across 2,190 miles of America?
0:27.5	Philip D'Anery will be here to talk about his book, The Apple E-Chain Trail, A Biography.
0:34.3	Alexander Alter will be here with the latest in publishing news.
0:37.4	Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.
0:41.6	This is the Bookerview Podcast for the New York Times.
0:44.3	It's July 23rd.
0:45.8	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:55.4	Elizabeth Egan joins us now to talk about her latest pick for group text.
0:59.7	Hey, Liz.
1:00.7	Hi, Pamela.
1:01.7	Thanks for having me.
1:02.7	What's the book?
1:03.7	The book is called I Couldn't Love You More.
1:07.2	And it's by Esther Freud.
1:09.0	This is her ninth novel.
1:12.0	And it's a book about three generations of women kind of circulating between Ireland
1:19.0	and England.
1:21.2	And the first one is a woman named IFA, we get to know her in the 1930s.
1:26.7	Then her daughter Rosalene in the 1950s.
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