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Francesca Specter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Podcast host & author of Alonement, a @thetimes book of 2021. Writes The Shoulds newsletter. 📧 francesca@francescaspecter.co.uk

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Book Cover for: A Modest Proposal: (Annotated Edition), Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal: (Annotated Edition)

Jonathan Swift
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

Appropriately, this follows exactly the same stylistic structure as Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'. Which, let's not forget kids, is a SATIRE https://t.co/o6zXVDerKL Unlike... https://t.co/cAx6LR1CCt

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Book Cover for: Chocolat, Joanne Harris

Chocolat

Joanne Harris
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

‘Outsiders are the catalyst for the stories that happen in communities. It’s always the outsider that comes and makes a difference, whether to help or to put a bomb under the quiet community and see what happens.’ - Chocolat author Joanne Harris on Desert Island Discs

Paperback, 2000

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life, Roxie Nafousi

Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life

Roxie Nafousi
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

🎙NEW EPISODE🎙My guest on the Alonement podcast this week is @roxienafousi, bestselling author of Manifest: 7 Steps To Living Your Best Life. Intrigued (or baffled) by the concept of manifesting? Have a listen 🎧 https://t.co/SaXXXwV4KK

Hardcover, 2022

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--And Keep--Friends, Marisa G. Franco

Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--And Keep--Friends

Marisa G. Franco
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! In fact, the season finale, with #Platonic author & friendship expert Marisa G. Franco, on how having close mates empowers us to spend time alone, basically. Happy listening (and here's to all the life-affirming friendships): https://t.co/GLT2WNTPne

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Insatiable: An LGBT Short-Read Romance, Thomas Newgen

Insatiable: An LGBT Short-Read Romance

Thomas Newgen
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

So much joy watching @NotRollergirl in conversation with @emjaneunsworth for the #Insatiable book launch event hosted by @Waterstones 👏👏 https://t.co/7VnI210veH

Paperback, 2020

$8.24Member price:$4.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Alonement: How to Be Alone and Absolutely Own It, Francesca Specter

Alonement: How to Be Alone and Absolutely Own It

Francesca Specter
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

Hello! I never normally do this but I have a favour to ask while we're all high on sunshine-y, almost-weekend energy... if you bought my book, Alonement, on Amazon & enjoyed reading, a positive review would mean a LOT (the ultimate gift for debut authors) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alonement-Francesca-Specter/dp/1529412617

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Book Cover for: Jigs & Reels: Stories, Joanne Harris

Jigs & Reels: Stories

Joanne Harris
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

‘Outsiders are the catalyst for the stories that happen in communities. It’s always the outsider that comes and makes a difference, whether to help or to put a bomb under the quiet community and see what happens.’ - Chocolat author Joanne Harris on Desert Island Discs

Paperback, 2016

$13.95Member price:$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Panic Years: Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions, Nell Frizzell

The Panic Years: Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions

Nell Frizzell
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

PODCAST RECOMMENDATION! 🎙Love @NellFrizzell’s new podcast #ThePanicYears - all about those years in your late 20s/30s when your life feels ‘out of sync’. It’s important, brilliantly insightful, with comic moments AND @NotRollergirl is her first guest. What more could you want?!

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Modest Proposal: annotated, Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal: annotated

Jonathan Swift
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

Appropriately, this follows exactly the same stylistic structure as Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'. Which, let's not forget kids, is a SATIRE https://t.co/o6zXVDerKL Unlike... https://t.co/cAx6LR1CCt

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Book Cover for: Silence: In the Age of Noise, Erling Kagge

Silence: In the Age of Noise

Erling Kagge
Francesca SpecterFrancesca Specter

THE PILLOW FORT IS BACK Recording season 6 of the #Alonement podcast, kicking off with (who else) one of the greatest polar explorers of our time, Erling Kagge. We discuss the value of silence & solitude, plus how to find both on home turf. Coming soon… watch this space! 👀 https://t.co/eIQvRubWwk

Paperback, 2018

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book