Family Tumult and Turmoil

09/09/2025 17 min Episodio 1870
 Family Tumult and Turmoil

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This week, host Jo Reed and AudioFile contributor Alan Minskoff review three new audiobooks, both fiction and nonfiction, that revolve around diverse types of turbulence a family might encounter: The tragic American family saga of THE SPINACH KING by John Seabrook, read by Dion Graham; ON ISABELLA STREET, a historical novel set in a pre- and post-Vietnam War Toronto, by Genevieve Graham, read by Liz Leafloor and Erin Moon; and SO FAR GONE by Jess Walter, read by Edoardo Ballerini, a satirical novel on the rise of religious fundamentalist militias.

THE SPINACH KING: Published by HighBridge Audio

ON ISABELLA STREET:   Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

SO FAR GONE: Published by Harper Audio

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