Louise is joined this week by legendary Irish Author Cathy Kelly for a meandering conversation that covers the complications of motherhood, the surprising nature of new love, how best to survive a desert Island and why men and women want different things when it comes to books.

Book List:

The Wedding Party, Cathy Kelly

A is for alphabet, Sue Grafton

The Aisling Series, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Anne of Green Gables,Lucy Maud Montgomery

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Second Honeymoon, Joanna Trollope

Woman to Woman, Cathy Kelly

Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott

The Harry Potter Series, J. K. Rowling

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Asking for it, Louise O’Neill

SAS Survival Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere, John Wiseman

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Persuasion, Jane Austen

Talk to the headscarf, Emma Hannigan

Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel Proust