Episode description

Our guest today in this special bonus episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond is Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and Emmy Award winner Nicole Kidman. Elin and Tim ask Nicole about what books she loved throughout her life and how that love of literature turned into the passion for storytelling as an actor. They discuss many of Nicole’s book to screen acting portrayals from the Paddington Bear film to playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Discussion quickly and enthusiastically segues into The Perfect Couple, Elin’s 2018 novel and the brand-new Netflix limited series of the same name. Nicole talks about her role as Greer Garrison Winbury, what leapt out at her about the project, working with director Susanne Bier, the joy of collaborating with such a dynamic  ensemble cast, upcoming projects, more favorite books, Nantucket, and beyond! This is a don’t miss episode for any fan of Nicole's or literature and film and especially to learn more "behind the scenes" tidbits of your newest TV obsession - The Perfect Couple!

A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:
Book of the Month
Nantucket Book Partners
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Reading List

• The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
• The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Jaws by Peter Benchley
• The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
• The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
• Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
• Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
• Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
• Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
• Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
• Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
• The Human Stain by Philip Roth
• Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
• Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judy Dench

Other Authors Mentioned

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, John Steinbeck, Tim Winton, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Patrick White, Liane Moriarty, Patricia Cornwell, Elizabeth Strout

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