On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new engaging memoirs from the entertainment industry: From Here to the Great Unknown, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, All I Ever Wanted, by Kathy Valentine. 

On this edition of The Weekly Reader we review two new engaging memoirs from the entertainment industry: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/from-here-to-the-great-unknown-riley-keough/21003019?ean=9780593733875">From Here to the Great Unknown</a>, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-i-ever-wanted-a-rock-n-roll-memoir-kathy-valentine/13200514?ean=9781477324660">All I Ever Wanted</a>, by Kathy Valentine.

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

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What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it&rsquo;s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.

Celebrity Memoirs Part One: "From Here to the Great Unknown" by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and  "All I Ever Wanted" by Kathy Valentine

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about female practitioners of folk remedies and herbal medicine and the special roll they play in many cultures: The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, and The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, by Lydia Cohen Loigman.



All titles available at your favorite local bookstore and online at bookshop.org.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about female practitioners of folk remedies and herbal medicine and the special roll they play in many cultures: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-waters-bonnie-jo-campbell/20059898?ean=9780393248432">The Waters</a>, by Bonnie Jo Campbell, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-love-elixir-of-augusta-stern-lynda-cohen-loigman/20981813?ean=9781250278104">The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern</a>, by Lydia Cohen Loigman.
 
All titles available at your favorite local bookstore and online at bookshop.org.

Medicine Women: "The Waters" by Bonnie Jo Campbell and "The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" by Lynda Cohen Loigman

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books about changing times, changing attitudes, and changing lives: Mona of the Manor, by Armistead Maupin, and Frighten the Horses, by Oliver Radclyffe.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books about changing times, changing attitudes, and changing lives: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/mona-of-the-manor-armistead-maupin/20295058?ean=9780062973597">Mona of the Manor</a>, by Armistead Maupin, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/frighten-the-horses/20490972?ean=9780802163158">Frighten the Horses</a>, by Oliver Radclyffe.

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two books, one a new novel and the other a re-issue of a somewhat overlooked classic about some of the larger issues facing the denizens of small town America: The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich, and Broke Heart Blues, by Joyce Carol Oates.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two books, one a new novel and the other a re-issue of a somewhat overlooked classic about some of the larger issues facing the denizens of small town America: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mighty-red-louise-erdrich/21153993?ean=9780063277052">The Mighty Red</a>, by Louise Erdrich, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/broke-heart-blues-joyce-carol-oates/21014447?ean=9781636141145">Broke Heart Blues</a>, by Joyce Carol Oates.

Celebrity Memoirs Part One: "From Here to the Great Unknown" by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and "All I Ever Wanted" by Kathy Valentine

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