Nostalgia
May 17, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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Episode description
Melina Marchetta joins Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards to discuss nostalgia and the act of returning to one's favourite books.
- Introduction: How do authors transport us back in time, sometimes to a place we’ve never been?
- Chapter 1: Melina Marchetta considers her own works and the reactions readers have to them, as well as the pull of fiction for lovers of words.
- Chapter 2: Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding.
- Chapter 3: The Secret History by Donna Tart.
- Recommendations: Astrid recommends Puberty Blues by Kathy Lette and Hilary Mantel's trilogy Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light.
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