Alan Cheuse reviews The Last Noel, a novel that takes place over the course of 12 Christmases, starting in 1963 and ending 40 years later. Michael Malone is the author. The book is published by Sourcebooks-Landmark.
Alan Cheuse died on July 31, 2015. He had been in a car accident in California earlier in the month. He was 75. Listen to NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamburg's retrospective on his life and career.
Genetically modified seeds for purple tomatoes hit the market for home gardeners recently. But how did a purple tomato get splashed across the cover of a seed catalog specializing in non-GMO plants?