Book Club: ‘Such A Fun Age’
Nerdette Recaps With Peter Sagal
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4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Where we read a book a month and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. It’s just like a normal book club except no one shames you when you don't do the reading.
This episode is all about Kiley Reid’s excellent debut novel, Such a Fun Age. It’s an incisive look at race and class in modern America, (and it also happens to be really funny.) Join Nerdette host Greta Johnsen, New York magazine advice columnist Heather Havrilesky and The Morning AMp and Making Beyoncé host Jill Hopkins.
And hey! Next month, we’re reading Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley, a memoir about working in the bro-heavy tech industry. Read the book and send us your thoughts by recording your voice with your smartphone, then email the audio file to [email protected]. And tune in for the conversation on Friday, Feb. 28!
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| 0:06.1 | watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you, |
| 0:12.7 | soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making, |
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| 0:25.7 | Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. |
| 0:28.3 | Listen, wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:32.1 | Did you read the book, Heather? |
| 0:33.9 | Damn straight I did. |
| 0:36.4 | You're damn straight. I did. |
| 0:42.7 | From W.B.E.Z. Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson, and you're listening to the Nerdat Book Club. It's just like a normal book club, except you don't have to share the amazing |
| 0:47.4 | treats you made. I am here with Heather Havreleski, who writes the Ask Polly Advice column for New York |
| 0:52.7 | Magazine. Hey, Heather. Hi. |
| 0:54.5 | Is it true that you read this book in the last like 24 hours? |
| 0:57.9 | Yes, I did. |
| 0:58.9 | I started it yesterday afternoon. |
| 1:01.8 | There's nothing more invigorating than reading a book with a gun pointed at your head. |
| 1:07.6 | You missed that deadline feeling, huh? |
| 1:13.9 | And we are joined by Jill Hopkins host of the Morning AMP on WB.EZ's sister station Vocalo. She also hosted a little podcast here at WB.EZ |
| 1:20.0 | called Making Beyonce. No big deal. No big deal. No big deal. Hey, Jill. Hey, white people. |
| 1:31.0 | Oh my God. Oh, my goodness. All right. So we're also going to hear from some of you. We got some great listener voicemails that we'll listen to later on. So we are talking about |
| 1:36.2 | the book, Such a Fun Age. This is a debut novel by Kylie Reid. It came out on December 31st. It was |
| 1:42.7 | super busy. New York Times called it provocative yet soapy, which I love. We're about to spoil the shit out of this book. If you're the kind of person who isn't super into reading books and loves spoilers like my friend Amy, you're welcome, carry on. If you like me are so afraid of spoilers that you don't even read the back of the book before you read the book. |
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