Subscribe in itunes rss feed download play in another tab slate plus members. Lab girl by hope jahren meet your next favorite book. Feb 07, 2008 this month, the audio book club presents a heated discussion of elizabeth gilberts eat, pray, love. Jun 10, 2016 my lab is a place to go on sacred days, as is a church. Listen to audio book club episodes free, on demand. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold. In year seven the big science project was science badge. Lab girl is a 2016 memoir by american geochemist, geobiologist, and professor hope jahren, published by alfred a. Slate critics discuss hope jahrens memoir of plants and friendship. Lab girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when.
It does not include the inauguration novella all along, this was supposed to happen by curtis sittenfeld or the raymond carver stories. Slates audio book club slates podcast was launched in 2006 on the back of the rising popularity of book clubs. Join slates critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Lab girl is her revelatory treatise on plant lifebut it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. But these succinct chapters about the secret lives of plants are scattered among long autobiographical chapters. Discuss whether your score matched or failed to match your expectations. One womans search for everything across italy, india, and indonesia, which katie roiphe. Mar 01, 2016 lab girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. Watch that, and then listen to her read lab girls first chapter in this exclusive audiobook excerpt, courtesy penguin random house.
Her engrossing new memoir, lab girl, is at once a thrilling account of her discovery of her vocation and a gifted teachers road map to the secret lives of plants a book that, at its. This week im talking about lab girl by hope jahren, and i have a near run in with a. This month, the audio book club presents a heated discussion of elizabeth gilberts eat, pray, love. Audio book club the audio book club functions as a book discussion club. Her passion for science started as a little girl spending hours in her.
It compelled me to ponder the astonishing grace and gumption of a seed. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively and sometimes heated debates about the works. Stream tracks and playlists from book club girl on your desktop or mobile device. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. National bestseller a beautifully written memoir about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. Lab girl by hope jahren reading guidebook club discussion. Next month, slate s audio book club will discuss a manual for cleaning women by lucia berlin.
Barack obama, via facebook winner of the national book critics circle award for autobiography a new york times notable book geobiologist hope jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. National bestsellera beautifully written memoir about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. This 39page guide for lab girl by hope jahren includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 37 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Katy waldman, laura miller, and susan matthews discuss hope jahrens budding debut memoir, lab girl. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant lifebut it is also so much more. Renee montagne talks with geobiologist hope jahren about her book lab girl. Helen pearsons the life project is published by allen lane. In the end, its easy to see the book as a love notenot just to plants, to science, and to the sweetness of discovery, but also to friendship and loyalty, to journeys big and small, to belonging and becoming. Apr 29, 2016 luckily for us, that journal is this book. Mar 29, 2016 her engrossing new memoir, lab girl, is at once a thrilling account of her discovery of her vocation and a gifted teachers road map to the secret lives of plants a book that, at its.
Lab girl is a book about being a woman in science as much as it is a clarion call to follow your passion. Apr 24, 2016 lab girl is her engaging new memoir, which tells the story of her fight to establish and fund her own research laboratory. When hope jahren was a young girl, she regularly visited her fathers science lab at a community college in a small town in minnesota. They usually have critical discussions on authors, sharing thoughts. To listen to the audio book club discussion of lab girl, click the arrow on the player below. A story of trees, science and love by hope jahren fleet books, 304pp. Apr 05, 2016 awardwinning scientist jahren geology and geophysicsuniv. Cognitive neuroscience can explain why numbers of a. Measure your own grit by taking the grit scale quiz 55. Aug 04, 2016 slates audio book club slates podcast was launched in 2006 on the back of the rising popularity of book clubs. Grit book by angela duckworth official publisher page. Lab girl opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Listen to an exclusive excerpt from hope jahrens new book. Id like to know if an audio cd will be published for this book.
Mar 12, 2020 national bestseller a beautifully written memoir about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be. While i appreciate a beautiful flower as much as the next city girl, the thought of reading a whole book about a geobiologist a scientist who spends her life studying plants, trees, soils as well as flowersmade me want to run to the nearest dysfunctional family memoir about crazy parents and their wounded children. Lab girl by hope jahren penguin random house audio. These are all the books that have been discussed on the podcast as of january 2017. Acclaimed scientist hope jahren has built three laboratories in which shes studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Slates audio book club is brought to you by audible. I love listening to cds while putzing in the kitchen and my kids tell me im pretty hopeless when it comes to absorbing all the minutia of tech options though i have an iphone and a mac. Apr 22, 2016 renee montagne talks with geobiologist hope jahren about her book lab girl.
Amicus amicus is a podcast about the supreme court and the laws it interprets for the united states, hosted by dahlia lithwick. Lab girl by hope jahren overdrive rakuten overdrive. Cognitive neuroscience can explain why numbers of a certain opulence can. This week im talking about lab girl by hope jahren, and i have a near. The washington post, npr, slate, entertainment weekly, newsday, minneapolis star. Lab girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold livelyand. Perhaps most importantly, it introduced me to a deeply inspiring womana. Next month, slates audio book club will discuss a manual for cleaning women by lucia berlin. The podcast first aired october 23, 2014 and has aired a few times a month since. Awardwinning scientist jahren geology and geophysicsuniv. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina. Listen to slates audio book club instantly on your tablet, phone or browser no downloads.
As the name suggest, slates audio book club is your own virtual audio book club. Lab girl is not only a book about science, it is a book about mental illness, motherhood, marriage, and ultimately about friendship. Lab girl is the story of jahrens life in science, and her writing on the. Barack obama, via facebook winner of the national book critics circle award for autobiographya new york times notable bookgeobiologist hope ja. Laura miller, and susan matthews discuss hope jahrens budding debut memoir, lab girl. Join us next month to discuss eligible by curtis sittenfeld. The discussion will be march 26th, at 7pm in the board room. It is the recipient of the national book critics circle award for autobiography, a new. Mignon fogarty is the founder of the quick and dirty tips network and creator of grammar girl, which has been named one of writers digests 101 best websites for writers multiple times. Slate critics discuss emma clines feverish reimagining of the manson murders. The audio book club on eat, pray, love slate magazine. In the end, its easy to see the book as a love notenot just to plants, to science, and to. Her passion for science started as a little girl spending hours in her fathers lab. The junior library guild, which is a widelyused collection development service for school and public libraries, hasmore i am so glad you asked that.
Lab girl summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Lab girl by hope jahren what a life in science is really. Film prize for excellence in science books finalist for the national book critics circle award for autobiography finalist for the pene. Each month, the slate audio book club podcast hosts a discussion of a different book. The authors father was a physics and earth science teacher who encouraged her play in the laboratory, and her mother was a student of english literature who nurtured her love of reading. Im the author of the upcoming memoir operation cure boredom available 10. Curtis sittenfelds eligible and hope jahrens lab girl. Winner of the national book critics circle award for autobiography a new york times notable book geobiologist hope jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. In this excerpt of her conversation with nautilus, jahren speaks specifically and with candor about the language she usedand didnt usein lab girl. It is the recipient of the national book critics circle award for autobiography, a new york times notable book, winner of the american association for the advancement of science prize for excellence in science books, a finalist for the pene. If you or a friend would like to join the discussion, pick up a copy of the book at the circulation desk on the main floor.
When hope jahren was a young girl, she regularly visited her fathers science lab at a. This study guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of lab girl. Lab girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. Wilson literary science writing award one of the best books of the year. Lab girl, hope jahrens road map to the secret life.
61 663 473 266 1415 1372 217 100 1323 946 86 249 200 1453 708 425 1369 735 1657 1278 728 1016 1059 1021 1662 851 797 1628 521 153 117 422 1378 994 700 1418 468 629 1044 645 1393