Episode 263 - Author Spotlight with Denise Kiernan

Welcome to Episode 263!

We were excited to talk with Denise Kiernan about her timely new book on the eve of America’s 250th birthday, OBSTINATE DAUGHTERS: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution.

In our “Just Read” segment, we talk about:

TABLE 4 AT THE RIVER CAFE: Conversations about Food and Life by Ruthie Rogers

11/22/63 by Stephen King

LAND by Maggie O’Farrell

“The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson (in the collection DARK TALES)

WHEN SHE WAS OURS by Anna Nordberg (pubs on 8/1/2026)

CAUSE OF DEATH: Scarpetta #7 by Patricia Cornwell

WHISTLER by Ann Patchett

In #BiblioAdventures, Chris visited four bookstores in Mystic, CT: the Maritime Bookshop at Mystic Seaport Museum, Bank Square Books, No Other Book Like This, and Alice’s Little Haunted Bookshop. Emily watched the movie adaptation of FOE by Iain Reid.

We are both #currentlyreading HUNGER AND THIRST by Claire Fuller. We also have a #buddyread planned of JAWS by Peter Benchley to coincide with a Jaws-related author event at Mystic Seaport on July 22nd. Christopher Shaw will talk about his new biography of his uncle, ROBERT SHAW: The Misunderstood Genius Behind Jaws.