Racing Towards Wonder with bestselling novelist Jane Smiley

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.

Pulitzer\xa0Prize winner Jane Smiley was determined to release her latest novel in 2020. Why? She knew we all could use an escape. And\xa0Perestroika in Paris\xa0is just that, as praised by\xa0Publishers Weekly: \u201cthe perfect book for those for whom the real world, wracked with pandemic and politics, has become something to avoid.\u201d\xa0Imagine a Parisian fairytale for adults\xa0starring a runaway racehorse who finds friendship and freedom in getting splendidly off-track in the City of Light. In conversation with Brooke Warner.