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Radio 2 Book Club: Jackie Copleton

Jackie Copleton joins Simon in the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss new novel A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding.

Jackie Copleton joins Simon in the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her new novel, A Dictionary Of Mutual Understanding.

The book is about regret and forgiveness which centres around Amaterasu Takahashi, who lives in a retirement home. A man arrives at her door claiming he is her grandson - but she doesn't believe him. She knows her grandson and her daughter died the day the Americans dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki...or did they?

Jackie Copleton lived in Nagasaki and Sapporo where she taught English before returning to England and becoming a journalist. A Dictionary Of Mutual Understanding is her first novel.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 24 Aug 2015 17:05
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    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Ward Thomas

    Guest List

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW Music.
    • 001.

  • R.E.M.

    It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

    • R.E.M. Singles Collected.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Luther Vandross

    Never Too Much

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Queen

    Another One Bites The Dust

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Lemar

    The Letter

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • David Gates

    Goodbye Girl

    • Open Top Cars & Girls In T'Shirts (Co.
    • Telstar.

  • George Harrison

    What Is Life

    • George Harrison: All Things Must Pass.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Rod Stewart

    Love Is

    • Another Country.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.

  • George Ezra

    Barcelona

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Sony BMG.

  • Sheryl Crow

    A Change Would Do You Good

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Simply Red

    The Ghost Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • SimplyRed.com.
    • 001.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing

    • Dancing In The Streets: Motown's Greatest Hits (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • Janis Joplin

    Kozmic Blues

    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Aug 2015 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2