The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
Education:Language Learning
Namrata Patel has been writing for 20 years, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that she had more time to work on it. She had always been interested in dual culture and challenges of the diaspora, specifically Indians who had moved to the United States. The isolation of COVID really brought home how lonely life can be if you don’t feel like you fit anywhere. Her debut novel The Candid Life of Meena Dave follows a photojournalist who inherits an apartment from a stranger. The apartment in Back Bay Boston surrounds her with a close-knit network of other Indian-Americans. Meena comes to learn more about herself and her culture, as well as understands the gift of found family and friendship through this experience.
The book comes out June 1 but those book lovers who have Amazon Prime can download her book for free during the month of May with their First Reads program. If you subscribe to Amazon Prime, you are able to download 1 free book a month from their First Reads selections which are editor favorites hitting bookshelves the following month. Just search First Reads in the search bar.
You can find Namrata Patel on instagram at @namratapatelauthor, on Twitter at Nampatel or on her author website, nampatel.com.
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Books Mentioned In This Episode:
1- A Room With a View by E. M. Forester
2- Six Days in Rome by Franscesca Giacco
3- My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
4- The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel
5- Books by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
S. 8 Ep. 161 - Crime and Puzzlement with guest Tracy Clark 1-17-23
S. 8E. 160 - Hot And Cold Winter Reads - 1-11-23
Our Books Year in Review 1-4-23
REPLAY - Put a Cork In ”Her”story with guest Rebecca Rosenberg 12-28-22
Perks REPLAY - Secret Santa Satire with guest Andrew Shaffer-- 12-21-22
S. 7 Ep. 159 - Book Your Subscription with guest Amanda Zirn Hudson from The Book Drop - 12-14-22
S. 7 Ep. 158 - Grant Permission to Read with guest Bethany Planton 12-7-22
S. 7 Ep. 157 - An International Whodunit with Guest Rijula Das 11-30-22
S. 7 Ep. 156 Holiday Gift-Giving with Bookseller Sam Miller 11/23-/2
S. 7 Ep. 155 - Fashion and Fiction with Guest Jacqueline Firkins 11-16-22
S. 7 Ep. 154 Around The World Reading: Australia with Guest Lily Raiti
S. 7 Ep. 153- Weathering a Poetic Storm with Guest Ellen Hagan - 11/2/22
S. 7 Ep. 152 - Dark Academia’s Haunts and Curses with Guest Lee Mandelo 10-26-22
REPLAY S. 5 Ep. 109 - Horror Is Like A Jar Of Salsa with guest Johann Trotter
S. 7 Ep. 151 - Library Haunts with Guest Stacie Dotson from the Willard Library - 10-12-22
S. 7 Ep. 150 - Making Reading Less Scary with Guest Tyler Miller 10-5-22
S. 7 Ep. 149 - Manhattan, Myths, and Mom with Guest Erin Keane 9-28-22
S. 7 Ep. 148 - Music To Your Ears with Guest Susan Rogers 9-21-22
S. 7 Ep. 147- Poetry On The Fly with Guest Sean Petrie of Typewriter Rodeo 9-14-22
S. 7 Ep. 146 A May-December Friendship with Guest Ben Aitken - 9/7/22
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