Page to Screen: 2024 Summer Reads from the Podcast (Ep. 54)

Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters

Episode 54 is our 2024 Page to Screen podcast where The Boston Sisters talk about 5 books related to historical drama series and films for summer reading.

This year we’re highlighting books that provide a deeper dive into the films and series featured on the podcast since its launch in November 2021 up to our recent 3rd season.

• Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie (2023) | THE NEW LOOK (Ep. 53)

• The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act by Alex Prud’homme (2017) | JULIA (Ep. 44)

• Passing by Nella Larsen (1929) | PASSING (Ep. 2)

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) | THE GREAT GATSBY (Ep. 50)

• A Pipe for February by Charles H. Red Corn (2003) | KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Ep. 48)

Correction Note: The complete title of Alex Prud’homme’s Julia Child biography is The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act - correction to the book recap.

Transcript are available on the webpage for this episode at https://michonbostongroup.com/bostonsisters.

PLEASE NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE GENERATED USING A COMBINATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND HUMAN TRANSCRIBERS, AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS.

TIMESTAMPS

1:25 - Intro to 2024 Page to Screen Books, Screen Adaptations and Related Podcast Episodes

2:38 - Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie Catherine Dior and Women in the French Resistance

7:19 - The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act by Alex Prud'homme

10:58 - Julia Child's life, cookbooks, and TV Shows14:37 Break16:51 Passing by Nella Larsen

17:17 - Race and Social Status28:41 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

29:48 - Race, identity, and class passing in Passing and The Great Gatsby
35:52 A Pipe for February by Charles H. Red Corn

39:03 - Osage Nation's adaptation to modernity while preserving culture and traditions

47:04 - Book recap

47:43 - Where to purchase books (affiliate bookstore)

48:08 - Where to watch screen adaptations of books

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