Ep. 80 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenna Ushkowitz)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to our own deaths we can never really know when its coming, or can we? That is the question at the center of The Stacks Book Club pick, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Jenna Ushkowitz is back with us to discuss this book, the vivid characters inside the story, free will vs. magic, and how America deals with grief.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Sacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and |
| 0:13.8 | our guest today is Jenna Ashgowitz and we're discussing Chloe Benjamin's novel |
| 0:18.0 | The Immortalists this week on the Stax Book Club. Please be warned, there will be spoilers today. |
| 0:24.0 | Before we talk to Jenna, I just wanted to remind you to use the link in the show notes to find all the books |
| 0:28.8 | discussed today, as well as the social media accounts for Jenna and all things the Stacks. |
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| 1:15.0 | Okay, now that all the business is out of the way, it's time for my conversation with Jenna Ashgowitz. |
| 1:20.0 | All right, you guys, I am back today with Jenna Ashkow. I want to add the end. |
| 1:27.0 | I have to keep this in. |
| 1:30.0 | Ashkowitz. I want to add an end to Jenna's. |
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