The final interview we did on the program during 2020 was this one with L. Annette Binder. Back in the spring I had received an advance copy of this book from her publisher. I perused the blurbs and noticed that an author who I highly respect, Miriam Toevs, had praised the book. That got my attention. I set the book aside in my "I Had Better Read This" stack of books. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, that stack just gets larger all the time and I often fall behind in my reading. Then after a book has been out for a few months the probability that I'll read the book will diminish.
Late in the year I received a finished copy of the book. The publisher had not sent it to me-it was mailed by the author herself, L. Annette Binder. She signed the book. This kind gesture was a pleasant surprise. I looked at it and noticed once again the blurb from Miriam Toevs. That was when I realized that, hey, I was going to read this book months ago, and I had better do it now!
I had already completed my lists of my favorite fiction from 2020 when I began reading "The Vanishing Sky." As soon as I started diving in to this incredible novel I realized that this book had deserved to be on my list. But it was too late, I had already published that column in the newspaper.
This magnificent story takes place during the final months of WWII and most of the action takes place in a small town in Germany. That's all I'm going to say. Read the book, then thank me like I thanked the author for turning me on to it.
After the interview Annette sent me the most beautiful thank you note. I hope to have her on the program again. She possesses an awesome talent.
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