Anna and Amanda find out that Britons are reading more in lockdown and query whether dystopia has lost its lustre.

Our book of the week is Red At The Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, a young adult author, former Young People Poet Laureate, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award.  Red At The Bone was a New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book of the Year, one of Oprah Magazine's Best Books of 2019 and was longlisted for the Women's Prize.  It deals with family, racial prejudice and teen pregnancy.  

Coming up: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak.

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