LoLT: The American Writers Museum and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two new books: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune and My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman. Then Dave talks about the stellar winners of the 2025 Pen America Awards. Links One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune Read an excerpt from One Golden Summer Love is Like Peanuts by Betty Bates on Internet Archive Every Summer After by Carley Fortune My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman Anxious People by Frederik Backman American Writers Museum Level Up: Writers & Gamers exhibit Online Exhibits at the American Writers Museum Get Lit Happy Hours and the Grown Up Book Fair on 13 May. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, a steamy summer romance by the lake.
0:04.7	A teenager gets obsessed with a little detail in a famous painting.
0:08.9	Plus our distraction of the week.
0:10.9	I'm Mel.
0:11.6	I'm Dave.
0:12.5	This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:16.9	I'm going to take you on a little journey into my past.
0:19.7	Okay.
0:20.6	In 1980, a YA book called Love is Like Peanuts by Betty Bates was published.
0:27.9	At the time, I loved that book. I think if it came out now, it would probably be canceled and review
0:34.9	bombed.
0:37.1	Doesn't hold up, huh?
0:38.5	It doesn't hold up.
0:39.5	Yeah.
0:40.0	In the story, a 14-year-old girl named Marianne accepts a summer job as a babysitter for a young girl with developmental disabilities.
0:49.1	They are not referred to as developmental disabilities in the book.
0:52.4	Right.
0:53.1	Her name is Katzie.
0:54.5	She is sweet and funny.
0:56.6	And after initially being uncomfortable, Marianne grows to love her.
1:01.2	Katzzi's 18-year-old brother Toby is at home on break from prep school.
1:06.7	And before you can say, summer romance, the 14-year-old babysitter Marianne and 18-year-old Toby are hot and heavy.
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