Show Notes
If you loved this book this summer (or didn't quite think it lived up to NORTH WOODS), go back to school with me (and Miles and Kate and their kids) to study why the novel works well in so many ways--and falls a little short in others. Plus! A look at how Mason's humor is really firing on all cylinders in this one!
Interview referred to in podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poured-over/id1567969228?i=1000775778354
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