How does life after life, Kate Atkinson's 2013 critical hit figure into her new novel?

Our reviewer Tom Perotta will join us to talk about a God in Ruins.

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shapes and emerged in new and surprising ways to a book where the character seemed a little

bit frozen.

Shirley Jackson was well known for her horror fiction, but what did she have to say about

the home front?

Ruth Franklin will join us to talk about Jackson's completely delightful domestic writing.

Being a housewife was a part of her persona as a writer as well as of her actual character.

She did in some ways identify as a housewife and enjoyed doing so.

Alexander Altair will share her notes in the publishing world, and Greg Cole's has best

seller news.

Tom Perotta joins us now.

He is the author of many books, including Nine Inches, Little Children, and The Left

Overs.

This week, he reviews on our cover Kate Atkinson's new novel, A God in Ruins.

Hi, Tom.

Hi, Pamela.

You start off your review in an interesting way.

Contrasting this latest novel by Kate Atkinson with what you consider to be a kind of current,

I don't know, of trend is the right word, but just this strain of questioning the format

of the novel.

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