Miles of Books: New Novels from Kathryn Stockett, Steven Rowley, Anthony Horowitz, and More
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the latest from the authors of The Help or The Guncle, this is a don’t-miss episode! Host Ellison Weist weighs in on Kathryn Stockett’s long-awaited novel, and Sarah Bowen Shea details Steven Rowley’s new set-in-Palm-Springs book. Ellison also raves about the latest Oprah’s Book Club pick. And Sarah goes wild for a novel adaptation on Netflix! The books discussed:
The Calamity Club: Kathryn Stockett
A Deadly Episode: Anthony Horowitz
John of John: Douglas Stuart
Take Me with You: Steven Rowley
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| 1:05.3 | Welcome to Miles of Books, a book-centric show to listen to on your run from another |
| 1:09.3 | mother runner in Feisty Media. |
| 1:11.3 | I'm host Sarah Bowen Shea and my co-host is Ellison Weist. |
| 1:15.2 | We're going to gab about four new books, including the long-anticipated novel from the author of The Help, |
| 1:21.7 | plus a riveting new Netflix limited series. It's about a classic novel. |
| 1:30.2 | So hello, Ellison. Hello, Sarah. |
| 1:36.9 | Yeah. We got a good show ahead of us. We do. We got a lot to dive into. So let's kick the novel conversation off with The Calamity Club by Catherine Stockett, author of the wildly popular 2009 novel |
| 1:44.0 | The Help and show us the thickness of that book. |
| 1:47.5 | Oh, yeah, 600 something, 32 pages, I think. |
| 1:52.0 | And it supposedly weighs a little over two pounds if you had the hardback edition. |
| 1:56.0 | So it's a doorstopper. |
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