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Best Book Ever


Mar 8, 2021

Dr. Uzma Jafri is funny, fearless, and exactly the kind of bookish friend I want to sit with at a coffee shop to chat all day about books and life. I had so much fun talking to her about why “Little Women” is the Best Book. Wait until you hear the story about her dad. I’m still not over it.

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Host: Julie Strauss

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Guest: Uzma Jafri

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Discussed in this episode:

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Jen Hatmaker For the Love Podcast

Farheen Abbaas, Episode 012

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Check out this sweet collection of all of the March Sisters Books

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott

An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott

Boston Children’s Museum

Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House

Walden Pond

March by Geraldine Brooks

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollestonecraft

It’s About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage by Arlan Hamilton

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Auggie & Me by R.J. Palacio

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Geronimo Stilton Series

The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

The Yasmin Series by Saadia Faruqi

Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Discussed in our Patreon Conversation:

Little Women 2019

Little Women 1994

Little Women 1933

Here’s a fun examination of all of the different adaptations of Little Women movies.

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