Mariella Frostrup Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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2.45pm Donal Ryan - The Queen of Dirt Island 3.15pm Lost Russia @Peter_Conradi 3.35pm Films @Larushka_iz @edpotton 3.45pm Travel @benclatworthy https://t.co/ouaUlRJOg6

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Excited to be talking to @houghhough about his extraordinary life at 2pm One of the worlds leading piano soloists and disarmingly honest when it comes to sharing the highs and lows of his eventful life as evidenced in his memoir #EnoughScenesfromChildhood @TimesRadio

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There’s only one better book, Carol Shields Unless! @IsabelHardman https://t.co/dW4CuSaa6G

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Today a debut novel that screams midlife meltdown #AmazingGraceAdams by @_franLittlewood so I’m looking for your favourite fictional meltdown scenes? #MichealDouglas in #FallingDown, #PeterFinch in #Network, #Merylstreep in just about everything! Let me know yours? @TimesRadio

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1.35pm Remembering Andrew Edmunds with @Bruce_Palling 1.45pm OTG in X with @ 2pm Taster of Jo Brand on my Books to Live By Podcast 2.45pm Oliver Darkshire on the misadventures of a rare bookseller @deathbybadger

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Shame by Salman Rushdie Anything by Mohsin Hamid especially The Reluctant Fundamentalist The Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif and Burnt Shadow by Karmilla Shamsie People Want To Live Farah Ali https://t.co/ORS3HD7arF

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Any further reading recommendations? SarahJessicaSnarker suggested #Circe by Madeline Miller which I’m gutted I didn’t think of! Let’s make this a two way street. Mariella Frostrup helps an overwhelmed new mum https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2e02849c-8428-11ec-9c9e-c5f8451b2970?shareToken=a040e361b996167dfd384f1f9f2c8226

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1pm @CallumHood from @CCDHate 1.35pm Remembering Rex Bellamy with Ivo Tennant and 1.50pm Anthony Welsh on new drama Flatshare 2pm Big interview with @edvaizey 2.35pm OTG in Somalia with @Mohamed_Gabobe 2.45pm TV Reviews with @kayribeiro and Stephen Armstrong

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That’s SUCH a great suggestion. Thank you. Just thought of another. Did you read English Passengers by Matthew Kneale? Faith and funny… seductive combination #BooksToLiveBy @thetimes https://t.co/7DbtLjiizw

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2.05pm Sexism in British media @jane__bradley 2.10pm Foreign Bodies @simon_schama 2.35pm OTG with @STHGibbsoris 2.45pm TV Reviews with @kayribeiro and Stephen Armstrong