All the Backlist! March 14, 2025

All the Books!

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.
0:14.8	I'm your host, Liberty Hardy, and I'm little in the middle, but I've got much backlist.
0:19.5	Today is March 14th, 2025, and for this week's episode, I'm going in the middle, but I've got much backlist. Today is March 14th, 2025.
0:22.5	And for this week's episode, I'm going to talk about a couple of great backlist titles
0:27.2	that I just like the heck out of.
0:30.4	So hello.
0:31.9	How is everyone doing out there in listener land?
0:35.7	I was going to say bookland, but like it sounds like you live in a land of books where I was like, I know that you're listening if you're hearing this and you probably like books. So like listener bookland, maybe. I'm not entirely sure. How is everyone? It's Friday or at least the first time that this goes up, it's Friday. It could be any other day of the week that you're listening to this now.
0:55.7	But whatever the reason, hey, you're here.
0:58.6	And hooray for books.
1:01.2	Before I tell you about some of today's books, we're going to hear from a sponsor.
1:08.6	This episode is sponsored by Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Genoff. Stick around after the show to hear an excerpt from the audiobook. London, 1953. Louise, adjusting to life as a housewife, finds a necklace in a secondhand shop and recognizes it from her time with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe.
1:32.1	Convinced it holds clues to her friend Franny's wartime death, she follows the trail to Paris with her former boss, Ian. Their search uncover secrets about Levitton, a department store
1:37.4	turned Nazi prison, and Helene, a woman separated from her husband during the war.
1:42.4	Inspired by a true story, Last Twilight in Paris weaves a gripping mystery with themes of sacrifice,
1:48.2	resistance, and loves enduring power.
1:51.2	This is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Kristen Hannah.
1:54.6	Again, it's inspired by a real department store in Paris that was converted to a Nazi prison
1:59.0	camp.
1:59.9	Stick around after the show to hear an audiobook excerpt from Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Genoff.
2:07.4	As a small business owner, my favorite thing about posting a job on LinkedIn is that when
2:11.4	I hit send, I clock out and LinkedIn clocks in.
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