Megha Majumdar: "A Guardian and a Thief"

<p>In this episode of Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks, Oprah and Megha Majumdar discuss her magnificent new book, A Guardian and a Thief, a 2025 National Book Awards finalist and Oprah’s 119th Book Club selection. This exquisitely written novel packs an epic story into just 224 pages. From page one to the jaw-dropping conclusion, readers are immersed in a harrowing journey as two families, on a collision course in Kolkata, India, face the consequences and moral implications of their life-and-death choices. Megha’s evocative, beautifully crafted exploration of our changing world sparked a lively and thoughtful conversation among readers at a Starbucks coffeehouse in New York City.  Starbucks' delectable drink pairing for this book is an Iced Banana Cream Protein Matcha.</p>
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<p>A Guardian and a Thief, published by Penguin Random House and written by Megha Majumdar, is available wherever books are sold.</p>
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<p>00:00:00 - Welcome Megha Majumdar, author of “A Guardian and a Thief” </p>
<p>00:01:56 - Oprah describes “A Guardian and a Thief” </p>
<p>00:03:28 - Oprah’s daughter-girl Thando shares her take</p>
<p>00:05:15 - The plot </p>
<p>00:09:08 - Writing about famine</p>
<p>00:13:20 - A writer’s relationship to failing</p>
<p>00:16:20 - Each character sees America differently </p>
<p>00:22:30 - Is everyone both a guardian and a thief?</p>
<p>00:25:50 - How would you act under great pressure? </p>
<p>00:32:00 - What motivates us to do the right thing </p>
<p>00:39:30 - Confronting contradictions in her book</p>
<p>00:40:45 - Megha’s story of America </p>
<p>00:42:23 - Did Megha always know the ending? </p>
<p>00:47:28 - When writing became her career </p>
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