Clare Swatman
Season 7, Episode 5
On this week’s episode Josie and Robin are joined in the studio by journalist and novelist Clare Swatman. They chat about Clare’s brand new novel The Mother’s Secret (released just this week) as well as books on time travel, Margaret Atwood, Maggie O’Farrell, Limsip, bad reviews and favourite true stories from Take a Break magazine.
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Reading List
Clare recommends:
The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
The work of Maggie O’Farrell
God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Dry by Jane Harper
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Robin recommends:
The Mother Secret by Clare Swatman
Before You Go by Clare Swatman
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
Josie recommends:
Take a Break magazine
Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
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