Ep. 22 The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner — The Stacks Book Club (Becca Tobin)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Becca Tobin (Glee, Lady Gang) is back for The Stacks Book Club, and we're discussing Rachel Kushner's newest book The Mars Room. This gritty novel tells the story of Romy, a young mother who has been incarcerated for two life sentences. We see Romy in her life leading to prison and the world behind bars with thousands of other women struggling to survive.
There are spoilers this week, so please listen at your own risk.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Stacks. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and this week we're discussing Rachel Kushner's newest novel |
| 0:14.0 | The Mars Room with our guest actress and podcast host Becca Tobin. |
| 0:18.0 | Before we get started I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for listening to this show. |
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