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R2 Book Club: The Lightkeeper's Daughters, Bless This Badger Confession, Cool Camping

Canadian author Jean E Pendziwol joins Simon for the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her new novel, The Lightkeeper's Daughters. Plus another Confession.

It's a Book Club Monday and Simon welcomes Canadian author Jean E. Pendziwol to the studio to discuss her new novel, The Lightkeeper's Daughters.

The book centres around Elizabeth, who has lived on Porphyry Island, Lake Superior, her whole life. Elizabeth's eyes have failed. She can no longer read the books she loves or see the paintings that move her spirit, but her mind remains sharp.

When her father's journals are discovered on a shipwrecked boat, she enlists the help of a troubled teenager, Morgan, to read them aloud and help her unlock the mystery at the centre of her life. But for Elizabeth, the faded pages of her father's journals reveal more secrets than she anticipates.

Jean E. Pendziwol is an award-winning Canadian author of books for children. Once Upon A Northern Light was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award and the 2014 TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards Book of the Year. The Lightkeeper's Daughters is her debut novel for adults. She lives in northern Ontario.

As well as an in-depth chat about the new book, we'll also hear from our listener reviewers. There'll also be the latest sport with Matt Williams, travel with Bobbie and a new Confession to cast judgement upon.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 17 Jul 2017 17:05
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

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  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown Party (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • Roy Orbison & k.d. lang

    Crying

    • The Best Of Roy Orbison.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

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    Everything Now

    • (CD Single).
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    Summer Holiday

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    I Second That Emotion

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

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    The Living Daylights

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
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  • Shania Twain

    Life's About To Get Good

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury Nashville.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Show Some Emotion

    • Track Record.
    • A&M.
    • 8.

  • Texas

    Midnight

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • James Taylor

    Your Smiling Face

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • The Alan Parsons Project

    Eye in the Sky

    • Top Hits: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Elkie Brooks

    Forgive And Forget

    • The Very Best Of.
    • A&M.
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    Statesboro Blues

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Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Jul 2017 17:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2