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The Moth
The episode highlighted the book as a recent novel that examines a mother’s obsession with protecting her children from pain, noting its recent Grand Prix Littraire win in France and its new paperback release. Host Jodi Powell suggested it to listeners who enjoyed the episode’s story. The discussion presented it as a noteworthy, award‑winning work.
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This novel, which explores a mother obsessed with sparing her children pain, was recently awarded the Grand Prix Littraire in France for the best novel of the year published by an American writer and was noted to be available in paperback.
Her most recent novel, Count the Ways, is out in paperback now.
If you enjoy Joyce's story this episode, Count the Ways also explores a mother who's obsessed with sparing her children pain.