In this episode, Rhiannon and Molly discuss the books that have "fucked them up", really stretching the limits of the strong language warning. Fair warning that this episode contains references to some difficult topics so if you're not in the mood for that, feel free to come back to this episode at another time. 

CW suicide, death, grief, racism, self-harm

Books mentioned:

1:33 – Nevermoor and Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

5:05 – Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice by Lauren St. John

6:45 – Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

10:15 – A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

12:11 – Land of Love and Ruins by Oddný Eir

13:33 – Little Gods by Meng Jin

15:15 – Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

24:00 – The Arc of a Scythe Trilogy by Neal Shusterman

28:13 – All That Remains by Sue Black

30:45 – Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

34:44 – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

34:45 – The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway

37:04 – ‘Sylvia’s Death’ by Anne Sexton (poem)

38:31 – My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

41:20 – Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

45:11 – Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

47:55 – 1984 by George Orwell

48:05 – Animal Farm by George Orwell

49:55 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

50:09 – Slaughterhouse 5 and Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

50:26 – Motherhood by Sheila Heti

50:28 – Sight by Jessie Greengrass

50:50 – The Overstory by Richard Powers

51:52 – Every Jacqueline Wilson Book Ever

A podcast talking about books with two readers, booksellers, and Nora Ephron devotees, Molly and Rhiannon!

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