Nerdette Book Club: ‘Land of Milk and Honey,’ discussed!
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Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Nerdette Book Club is back to discuss our November selection, ‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang! It’s a novel about survival, privilege, and seeking pleasure at the end of the world.
Our readers this month are Aliza Abarbanel, co-founder and co-editor of ‘Cake Zine,’ an independent print publication exploring society through sweets, and co-host of the podcast ‘This is TASTE,’ and Miriam Kramer, news editor at WPLN in Nashville.
We do get into spoilers in the conversation! If you’re not ready to find out what happens yet, listen to our spoiler-free conversation with author C Pam Zhang in the feed first.
P.S. We have an exciting announcement in the credits! Listen if you want to get started on your 2024 reading list!
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Recommendations:
‘The Menu’
‘The World Without Us’ by Alan Weisman
‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ by C Pam Zhang
‘Gold Fame Citrus’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
‘Breasts and Eggs’ by Mieko Kawakami
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| 1:05.3 | From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerdat Book Club. It's just like a |
| 1:10.6 | regular book club, |
| 1:11.4 | except you don't have to share your snacks. It is November, and this month's selection is C-Pam |
| 1:16.6 | Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey. It is a book about a chef, a secretive research facility in the |
| 1:21.7 | Alps, and seeking pleasure at the end of the world. That is all I am going to say for now, |
| 1:27.4 | but this is a spoilery conversation. That is all I am going to say for now, but this is a spoilery |
| 1:29.3 | conversation. Here is your spoiler warning. That means if you have not read the book and you |
| 1:34.1 | do not want to know what happens, go back and listen to our spoiler-free author interview in the |
| 1:39.2 | feed if you have read the book or you just want to know what happens. Welcome. We are glad to have you. |
| 1:43.9 | I am very excited to have you i am very |
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