Episode 22: Literary Fiction - Things that fall from the sky

About this episode

The episode discusses the literary novel 'Things that fall from the sky' by Selja Ahava, exploring themes of grief and family dynamics.

In literary novel "Things that fall from the sky" by Selja Ahava, we follow Saara, a young girl who recently lost her mother in an unusual way. As her father desperately looks for answers, she finds her own way to grieve. Meanwhile, the aunt they now live with experiences some strange things of her own. Timestamps: Intro [00:00] Premise [01:58] Characters [03:17] Spoiler Warning [08:46] Plot in Short [11:12] Themes [15:38] Setting [16:31] Annotations [19:26] Title and cover explanation [53:08] Review [54:07] Outro [57:26] All podcst links: linktr.ee/justanotherbookishpodcast Spoilers for the entire book ahead. This will be more interesting if you've read the story. I do not intend for this to replace the actual book. Don't use this episode as a substitute for reading the book and BEWARE OF SPOILERS. I do not own anything about this book, this episode is just for entertainment.

People in this episode

Host: JABP

Topics covered

• literary fiction
• grief
• family dynamics
• loss
• storytelling

Keywords

• literary fiction
• Selja Ahava
• grief
• family
• novel
• book discussion
• themes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Things that fall from the sky

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