Book Club: ‘The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue’
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4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month’s pick is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab.
It’s about a girl from the 1700s whose curiosities and ambitions are bigger than the small town she lives in. When she finds a way to break free from the expectation to marry and settle down, she takes it without thinking twice. But what she thinks is an amazing chance to live unhindered is actually a deal with the devil, and a centuries-long curse.
Listen along as Nerdette host Greta Johnsen discusses the book with cultural critic and nonfiction writer Eva Recinos and All The Books! podcast host Liberty Hardy. We also hear from many of you, who (with a few minor quibbles) all seemed to love this spellbinding story.
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| 0:36.8 | From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerdette Book Club. |
| 0:37.7 | It's just like a regular book club, except you don't have to share the amazing snacks that you made. Our November book is |
| 0:43.2 | V.E. Schwabs, The Invisible Life of Addy LaRue. It is briefly, I'm going to try this, |
| 0:49.3 | about a woman who chooses freedom over obligation. She decides she'd rather live forever than be stuck in one place, no matter what the |
| 0:56.9 | repercussions are. |
| 0:58.0 | And the repercussions are pretty heavy. |
| 1:00.5 | This book has been on the bestseller list since it came out in early October. |
| 1:04.8 | NPR said, it's a bit cheeky to call the Invisible Life of Addie Leroux Faust for |
| 1:10.6 | romantic bisexual goths, but it's not wrong. |
| 1:13.9 | I thought that was a pretty great way of kind of summing it up. |
| 1:17.4 | This is the episode where we are going to discuss all the nooks and crannies of this book. |
| 1:22.2 | If you haven't read it yet and you are terrified of spoilers, start with the spoiler-free author |
| 1:26.4 | interview that's already in the feed. |
| 1:28.7 | If you haven't read the book and you're like, I love spoilers as much as I love soy milk, welcome. |
| 1:33.6 | We are glad to have you. |
| 1:35.3 | Joining me today to talk about it are two delightful humans. |
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