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.



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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.

----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.

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.

Transitions 

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.

Small Towns, Big Stories

To the casual outside observer, middle class suburbia can look like a fairly boring place, but what’s really going on behind those well-tended gardens, long driveways and screened porches?  I’m Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels, each with a unique take on sex and drugs and rock-n-roll. But mostly, sex: We Were the Universe, by Kimberly King Parsons, and Olive Days, by Jessica Elisheva Emerson.

To the casual outside observer, middle class suburbia can look like a fairly boring place, but what’s really going on behind those well-tended gardens, long driveways and screened porches?  I’m Lisa Morgan and today on The Weekly Reader, our book critic Marion Winik reviews two new novels, each with a unique take on sex and drugs and rock-n-roll. But mostly, sex: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-were-the-universe-kimberly-king-parsons/20449422?ean=9780525521853">We Were the Universe</a>, by Kimberly King Parsons, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/olive-days-jessica-elisheva-emerson/21049064?ean=9781640096530">Olive Days</a>, by Jessica Elisheva Emerson.

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

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