Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

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Audio Book Club: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

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Slate editors Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, and the New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks’ latest historical novel, Caleb’s Crossing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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