A Good Read: Rachel Parris and Sonali Shah
Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is one of the books being talked about this week.
DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver, chosen by Rachel Parris
DID YE HEAR MAMMY DIED? by SΓ©amas O'Reilly, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
BOTH NOT HALF by Jassa Ahluwalia, chosen by Sonali Shah
Comedian and musician Rachel Parris and broadcaster and presenter Sonali Shah join Harriett Gilbert to read each other's favourite books.
Rachel Parris (Late Night Mash, Austentatious) chooses Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead, which is based on David Copperfield and boldly takes on America's opioid crisis.
Sonali Shah (Escape to the Country, Pilgrimage, Magic FM) picks Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity by the actor Jassa Ahluwalia, who had always described himself as 'half Indian, half English'. So he decided to come up with a new way of thinking about all kinds of individuality.
Harriett brings a wonderfully funny and loving memoir by the Irish writer SΓ©amas O'Reilly: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Producer: Beth O'Dea for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio in Bristol
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