Nerdette Book Club: Shannon Chakraborty on ‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’
Nerdette
WBEZ
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🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Talent that hasn't been seen ever before. |
| 0:03.0 | She had the talent. |
| 0:04.0 | It was evident that she had major talent. |
| 0:08.0 | I already knew this guy was talented and hilarious, |
| 0:10.0 | but that's like another wing of the Smithsonian inside of him. |
| 0:17.0 | The greatest talent in history dissected. |
| 0:20.0 | Here are the origin stories of iconic figures on making |
| 0:23.0 | from WBEZ Chicago. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson. |
| 0:37.0 | And this is the Nerda Book Club. |
| 0:39.0 | It's just like a regular book club, |
| 0:41.0 | except sometimes the author stops by. |
| 0:43.0 | This month, our book is The Rollicking Historical Fantasy |
| 0:46.0 | Novel, the Adventures of Amina All-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborti. |
| 0:50.0 | Our protagonist is Amina, a former pirate who had settled down |
| 0:54.0 | to live a quiet life with her mother and daughter. |
| 0:57.0 | A wealthy older woman makes Amina an offer she cannot refuse. |
| 1:01.0 | She finds herself right back on the treacherous seas with her old crew. |
| 1:05.0 | She embarks on a treasure hunt of a lifetime, |
| 1:07.0 | encountering all kinds of creatures and devious characters along the way. |
| 1:11.0 | That's all I'm going to say for now, |
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