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Rock ’n’ roll meets a teenage road show in Marina Endicott’s Open Arms

Posted by Kimberly Walsh on June 03 at 08:00 AM

Open Arms book coverThe Between the Covers podcast hitches a ride with a defiant teen in Marina Endicott’s novel Open Arms (Douglas and McIntyre).

Seventeen-year-old Bessie Connelly runs away from the Maritimes to join her mother, a former rock star, in Saskatchewan. Their lively home includes both her father’s former wives along with a stepsister.

So much for a stable, traditional home life. Welcome to hijinks central.

Episode one: Bessie’s reunion with her mother is full of surprises.





Episode two: Bessie has her own ideas about whom her mother should be dating.







Each episode of Between the Covers is between 15 and 17 minutes.

If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at the Between the Covers podcasts. If you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the Hear A Reading page on the Between the Covers site.

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