Alice Hoffman on love, loss and family in ‘The World That We Knew’
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Author Alice Hoffman kicked off the 2019 Talking Volumes season with an emotional and revealing conversation about her new novel, “The World That We Knew.” The book draws on her interests in wartime history, magic and the stories that her grandmother told her when she was a child.
She joined Kerri Miller in late September at the Fitzgerald Theater for an honest, warm and sometimes surprising discussion about writing, family ties and how love makes even the hardest things survivable.
Guest:
Alice Hoffman, New York Times best-selling author. Her latest novel is “The World That We Knew.”
To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.
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