About this episode

Grace and Erin discuss August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, exploring themes of family and migration.

Another big author is hitting the pod this week: August Wilson! Grace and Erin read The Piano Lesson and talk family, Pittsburgh, and the Great Migration. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

People in this episode

Hosts: Grace, Erin

Topics covered

• family
• Pittsburgh
• Great Migration
• historical fiction
• book review

Keywords

• August Wilson
• The Piano Lesson
• historical fiction
• family
• Pittsburgh
• Great Migration
• book review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Piano Lesson

Places: Pittsburgh

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