Sea of Tranquility and When They Lost Their Heads
Get every episode summarized
Each time Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
About this episode
I review two novels by current Canadian literary stars Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O'Neill. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a science fiction novel about art, time, travel, love and plague that takes readers from 1912 Vancouver Island to a dark colony of the moon 500 years later. The author also incorporates references to her earlier award-winning novels Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel.
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill is a historical fiction, satirical novel about 19th-century Montreal. It takes readers into the brutality of factory life and the opulent lives of Montreal’s wealthy while exploring sex, desire and class.
Books and Resources Discussed:
Significant Others, podcast
Borgen, Netflix
Dicte, Prime Video
Sea Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven, HBO
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Heavenly Creatures, movie (1994)
The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
Follow Red Fern Book Review:
Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com
Instagram: @redfernbookreview
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/
Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter
Get every episode summarized
Each time Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler
Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 4: Heather Hendrie, Trista Lundquist, Sher...
Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler
Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 3: Evie Alexander, Susan Jane Wright, Susa...
Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler
Summer Reading 2025 with Tall Mike
Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler
Canadian Book Club Awards Winners Part 2: Ignacio Cafone
Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler