"The first great Instagram novel". Impressive praise for your debut novel, right? But with critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Vogue and the New Yorker, it's perhaps no surprise that Olivia Sudjic's Sympathy would gain such praise. Olivia is such an engaging, thoughtful writer - and one who really explores what fiction means today. In this episode of The Stories That Changed My Life, we take in why writing is like dating, why you should revisit books you've hated, taking Sympathy Powder and the inspiring importance of feeling 'other'.