KPL Podcast

KPL Podcast July 2026 Week 4 with Special Guest Cynthia Sweeney

Kirkwood Public Library Episode 337

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The week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Cynthia Sweeney about her latest novel, Lake Effect.  The parents of two neighboring families have an affair and breakup the families.  The novel explores long-term effects of divorce on family and how it alters relationships.

Author Reads

In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man by Tom Junod


Whistler by Ann Patchett

The end of my life is killing me : the unexpected joys of a cancer slacker by Annabelle Gurwitch


Go Gentle by Marie Semple