Oct 6, 2018
We’re joined by US Vogue senior editor Chloe Schama to consider The
Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit which was Kate’s last book club
read. We consider the genre of ‘anti-memoir’ (and if you’re
unfamiliar with the term you will find yourself among friends) and
come up with some light alternative reading in case it all gets too
much. Our regular interview is with Financial Times Life and
Arts editor Natalie Whittle who tells us about the FT book club,
and we finish with some great recommendations for your next book
club read.
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Books mentioned in
this episode were Wanderlust and Men Explain Things to Me by
Rebecca Solnit and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In the
recommendations we talked about Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler and
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik. Chloe Schama recommended The
Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamieson and we briefly discussed her own
book, Wild Romance, at the beginning of the
show. And if you’re interested in what we’ve been
reading outside of our book clubs keep listening to our extra bit
at the end where we discuss Circe by Madeleine Miller, Crazy Rich
Asians by Kevin Kwan, The Loved Ones by Evelyn Waugh, The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, and The Death of Truth by Michiko
Kakutani.
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Our next episode will be on Lullaby by Leila Slimani, a murderous
nanny thriller that became an international bestseller but what did
Laura's book club make of it? Tune in to find out.