In "What Abbe's Reading," Abbe reviews The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, which was Read it Forward's October Book Club pick.

Later, Abbe sits down with comedian and Juggling the Jenkins blogger, Tiffany Jenkins, about her inspiring and harrowing memoir, High Achiever, and why sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction.

Finally, Abbe chats with journalist Andrew S. Lewis about man-made climate change and the lingering effects Hurricane Sandy has had on one community in New Jersey, which he documents in his book, The Drowning of Money Island.

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