NPR: Minnesota Bookseller Recommends 3 Summer Porch Reads

By All Things Considered

NPR

August 16, 2016

Wake Up, Island by Mary Casanova Sue Zumberge of Subtext Books in St. Paul, Minn., shares her favorite books for summer reading: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard and Wake Up, Island by Mary Casanova.

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