
Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady
Just the Right Book is a podcast hosted by Roxanne Coady, owner of famous independent bookstore R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, that will help you discover new and note-worthy books in all genres, give you unique insights into your favorite authors, and bring you up to date with what’s happening in the literary world.
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Aug 17, 2023 • 19min
JTRB Shorts #13 - A quick look at what's new
In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 5 books that they are excited about.
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Old God's Time - Sebastian Barry
Cheri and the End of Cheri - Colette
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
I Meant It Once - Kate Doyle
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Aug 10, 2023 • 1h 6min
The Land of Hope and Fear with Isabel Kerschner
The New York Times correspondent in Israel, Isabel Kerschner talks with Roxanne Coady about the state of Israel today, the uniqueness of this moment and the divisions among Israelis in her new book, The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul.
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The Land of Hope and Fear
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Aug 3, 2023 • 24min
JTRB Shorts #12 - A quick look at what's new
In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos - Judy Batalion
Onlookers - Ann Beattie
Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward
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Jul 27, 2023 • 54min
Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain with Dasha Kiper
After getting a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order, and continuity. Inspired by her own experience and her work counseling caregivers in the subsequent decade, Kiper offers an entirely new way to understand the symbiotic relationship between patients and those tending to them. Her book is the first to examine how the workings of the “healthy” brain prevent us from adapting to and truly understanding the cognitively impaired one.
Dasha Kiper talks about dementia and the role of the caregiver in her book, Travels to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain.
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Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
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Jul 20, 2023 • 21min
JTRB Shorts #11 - A quick look at what's new
In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.
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The Transit of Venus - Shirley Hazzard
Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman
Day - Michael Cunningham
My Husband - Maud Ventura
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Jul 13, 2023 • 56min
Tomorrow's Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. with Alan Murray
Roxnne Coady and Alan Murray discuss his book, Tomorrow's Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. Alan Murray talks about how corporate leaders in America are at the center of a movement for social change and economic progress.
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Tomorrow's Capitalist
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Jul 6, 2023 • 21min
JTRB Shorts #10 - A quick look at what's new
In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.
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The 272 - Rachel L. Swarns
Just Kids - Patti Smith
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Fires in the Dark - Kay Redfield Jamison
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Jun 29, 2023 • 53min
Ada Calhoun on Writing About Greatness and Failure
Roxanne Coady talks to Ada Calhoun the author of Also A Poet about restoring her father's legacy by a discovery of Frank O'Hara.
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Also a Poet
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Jun 22, 2023 • 22min
JTRB Shorts #9 - A quick look at what's new
In this week's "short" Roxanne and Bill discuss 4 books that they are excited about.
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Good Night, Irene - Luis Alberto Urrea
Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion
Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead
Kiss Me In The Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions From A Happy Marriage - Helen Ellis
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Jun 15, 2023 • 1h 5min
A Short Childhood and a Long Depression with Luiz Schwarcz
Luiz Schwarcz on his ordeal with bipolar disorder and the long echo of a Holocaust family story. The author of The Absent Moon talks with Roxanne Coady about family, generational trauma, a short childhood, and a long depression.
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The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression
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