Sea of Tranquility and When They Lost Their Heads

Sea of Tranquility and When They Lost Their Heads

29:18 Feb 17, 2023
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Send us a textI review two novels by current Canadian literary stars Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O'Neill. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a science fiction novel about art, time, travel, love and plague that takes readers from 1912 Vancouver Island to a dark colony of the moon 500 years later. The author also incorporates references to her earlier award-winning novels Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel.When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill is a historical fiction, satirical novel about 19th-century Montreal. It takes readers into the brutality of factory life and the opulent lives of Montreal’s wealthy while exploring sex, desire and class.Books and Resources Discussed:Significant Others, podcastBorgen, NetflixDicte, Prime VideoSea Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelWhen We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'NeillStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven, HBOThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelCloud Atlas by David MitchellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroHeavenly Creatures, movie (1994)The Virgin Cure by Ami McKayFollow Red Fern Book Review:Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.comInstagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter
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