Turn The Page – Episode 427D – Michelle Lerner

Lawyer, animal advocate, and novelist Michelle Lerner shares A SERIES OF OPINIONATED ANIMALS, a deeply funny and deeply moving memoir chronicling decades in animal rescue and the unforgettable animals who shaped her understanding of grief, disability, caregiving, and justice. 

Turn The Page – Episode 427A – Anna Rasche

Inspired by history’s most captivating gemstone, THE CURSED DIAMOND is a thrilling mystery about fate, obsession, and the deadly costs of ambition. Historian, gemologist, and novelist Anna Rasche shares her fascinating career and newest book!

Turn The Page – Episode 426D – Lawrence Schimel

Author, translator, and Long Island native Lawrence Schimel stopped by the show to talk about his fascinating career, and translating the Spanish graphic novel THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE ODYSSEY.

Turn The Page – Episode 426C – Peace Mbengei

An elite, isolated Kenyan boarding school is terrorized by supernatural entities, grotesque maladies, and strange transformations in a chilling YA horror debut. Peace Mbengei presents WE RUN THE NIGHT!

Turn The Page – Episode 426B – Seth Fleisher

Seth Fleisher discusses THE FARTHER SHORE, a sweeping novel about fathers and sons, memory and race, and the dangerous fictions that shape us—inspired by the true story of Eugene Marais, one of history’s most extraordinary and forgotten minds.

Turn The Page – Episode 426A – Rachel León

Meredith, a social worker and single mom, is stretched beyond thin but determined to protect her kids: not only her son, but those on her caseload too. When the stress of the job has her breaking her sobriety, the foundations of her life begin to tremble. Rachel León shares the riveting and beautiful HOW WE SEE THE GRAY.

Turn The Page – Episode 425A – Blair Fell

Blair Fell returns to the show to discuss THE TWO WILLS, a gorgeous queer historical romance inspired by Oscar Wilde’s literary theories regarding William Shakespeare’s sonnets. You can listen to a sample of the audiobook here!

Turn The Page – Episode 424E – Chital Mehta

When her adopted son disappears into the forests of Southern India, Usha defies her husband, leaves the life she was given, and goes to find him — alone. Chital Mehta shares the beautiful and moving HAVE YOU SEEN ROMIT?

Turn The Page – Episode 424D – Katie Rizzo

Katie Rizzo shares THE TRIMESTERS OF GRIEF, a hybrid memoir and self-help guide that compares the physical and emotional experience of losing a child to opioid addiction with the stages of pregnancy.