Summary: Akhil Sharma, author of Family Life, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about the 12-plus years and 7,000 pages he took to write the novel. He also talks about why, when the book is highly autobiographical, he chose to write the story as a novel and not a memoir. Download audio. (Broadcast date: April 9, 2014) Note: This podcast starts a few minutes into the interview. Akhil is with us for the entire hour with no musical break at half.
