Jacob Shymanski

And you learn about the people involved, their families back home, who they were, their jobs, the way sailing worked at the time, the way news traveled, and how it was an absolute sensation back in the UK.

And then there was this whole plot of whose story is real because it involved mutiny and murder.

It felt so dramatic, but again, is sourced in real history by consulting a bunch of really detailed ship logs from people who are on these ships and all these sailors who would write diaries and journal entries over the months that they were on the crafts and on the island.

Incredible book, The Wager by David Graham.

He wants to tell you the story, not the facts.

The story.

Yeah.

Red, I want to thank you so much for your time.

We'll talk again sometime soon.

We're going to make sure to have lots of recommendations for everyone.

And we'll make sure to include...

the recommendations that we had today in the podcast description cheers red thanks very much jacob that's all the time for this edition of audiobook cafe the show airs on weekends and mondays at 1 p.m eastern on ami audio but we're also available as a podcast you can email us your feedback at audiobook cafe at ami.ca and you can join us on instagram at ami audiobook cafe our instagram handle is at ami audiobook cafe i'm your host jacob shymansky happy listening

Today I want to highlight a Canadian author who's done really well for herself since her debut novel, Aisha at Last, that came out in 2018.

I'm talking about Uzma Jalaluddin.

Her 2021 book, Hanakhan Carries On, is being adapted into a feature film with Mindy Kaling being involved.

We reviewed her 2023 novel, Three Holidays and a Wedding, last year, a book I thought was super original and a perfect cozy holiday read.

It was set in a small Canadian town when a traveling family gets diverted and snowed in there during the holidays.

And this in a year where three holidays line up to happen all at the same time.

Eid, Christmas, and Hanukkah.

It was like a super sweet Canadian multicultural Hallmark movie in a book.