Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Life of Louisa Adams

The Book Review

The New York Times

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🗓️ 8 April 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week, Louisa Thomas talks about “Louisa”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Hope Jahren discusses “Lab Girl”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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0:00.0	This is Inside the New York Times Book Review. I'm Pamela Paul.
0:06.6	This week, Louisa Thomas joins us to talk about her new biography, about an unusual diplomat
0:11.5	and writer who also happens to be the wife of a president. Louisa, the extraordinary
0:16.6	life of Mrs. Adams.
0:18.4	She was not the one who was going to come into power and that she wasn't going to have
0:22.6	much of a role in the White House and she was right about that.
0:25.4	What do most of us miss when we look at the plants around us? Hope, Sharon, will be
0:29.5	here to talk about Lab Girl, her book about trees and other life forms.
0:34.2	Look really close at the rings that you can see one day, one day in that tree's life.
0:39.4	And it's all around you. Isn't that amazing?
0:41.7	Plus, Alexander Alter has literary news and Greg Coles joins us with Best Sellers.
0:53.2	Here's some fun news inside the New York Times Book Review podcast is turning 10. Our
0:57.4	10th anniversary celebration will be an event here at the Times on April 28th with former
1:01.8	host Sam Tannenhaus, podcast founder and current book critic Dwight Garner and Gary Steingart
1:08.0	are very first podcast guest. And for our listeners, we're giving away 10 guest passes.
1:13.9	Email us at book review giveaway at nytimes.com. We'll be randomly selecting 10 listeners
1:20.3	to attend our live podcast celebration with a guest hosted here at the New York Times.
1:25.8	For the full giveaway rules, visit nytimes.com slash books. The giveaway closes on April 17th
1:32.2	and prize winners will be notified within a few days.
1:40.5	Louisa Thomas joins us now from Boston to talk about her new book Louisa, the extraordinary
1:45.2	life of Mrs. Adams. Louisa, thanks for being here.
1:48.0	Thanks so much for having me.
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