You're listening to all of the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I'm your host, Liberty Hardy, and I'm little in the middle, but I've got much backlist.

Today is May 10, 2024, and for this week's episode I'm going to talk about a couple of great backlist

titles related to the week's new releases. So hello everyone, it's Friday, possibly maybe when you're listening to this.

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Books.

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So, negative space by Jillian Linden follows a week in the life of an English teacher at a New York private school.

At home her children ask constant questions about mortality and her husband offers occasional counsel

between Zoom calls.

At school, something happens.

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