Booktalk: Author Gayle Forman’s NOT NOTHING

Host Diana Korte speaks with Gayle Forman, author of her 13th book, NOT NOTHING, a story of hope, compassion, and forgiveness.

In this intergenerational middle grade novel, a 12-year-old boy who has been assigned by a judge to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility learns unexpected lessons that change the trajectory of his life, especially after he meets a 107-year old Holocaust survivor.

Award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels, including those in the Just One Day series, Where She Went, and the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was adapted into a major motion picture.

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Top authors are interviewed on this 10-minute program that captures their words about their books and ideas and often the story behind the story. The show, hosted by Diana Korte and engineered by Gene Korte, is in its 29th year of production.