On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about navigating life with mom as a grownup: <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9780063272491">Flores and Miss Paula</a>, by Melissa Rivero, and <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9781953002266">The Underburn</a>, by Bill Gaythwaite.    See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Life During COVID: "Joan is Okay" by Weike Wang, and "Fourteen Days" edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.