Allegra Goodman--author of The Family Markowitz, Kaaterskill Falls (National Book Award finalist), Intuition, Paradise Park, The Chalk Artist, and short stories included in The New Yorker, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and Best American Short Stories--dishes with Eve and Julie about why families remain such a compelling subject for literature. They discuss how age and experience change our perspective on family-related matters, what impact COVID-19 has had on familial relationships both nuclear and extended, and how a child’s college application process can function as a Hitchcockian bomb under the table in a story. Allegra also recommends some favorite novels about families!
The Family Markowitz
[These stories] draw upon the wealth of Jewish culture out of which Ms. Goodman writes. It is their weight and accuracy that make the collection so entertaining. -- The New York Times Book Review, Claire Messud
Kaaterskill Falls
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A richly textured portrait . . . an intimate look at a closed Orthodox community.—Los Angeles Times Book Review
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Go Deeper
“A Challenge You Have Overcome,” by Allegra Goodman
Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra Goodman
The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman
Paradise Park, by Allegra Goodman
The Chalk Artist, by Allegra Goodman
The Family Markowitz, by Allegra Goodman
Total Immersion, by Allegra Goodman
The Other Side of the Island, by Allegra Goodman
Delta Wedding, by Eudora Welty
Losing Battles, by Eudora Welty
Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Have Reaped, by Jesmyn Ward
Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson