This week, we are joined from Down Under by veteran book blogger Kim Forrester to discuss our 2024 summer read, William Trevor’s The Story Of Lucy Gault. We discuss this heartbreaking, beautiful book, chat about William Trevor’s other works and make some recommendations (and plans) about where to go next. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did—and we’d love to hear your thoughts on the book, the author, and what you plan to read next!

Shownotes

Books

* Go Tell It on the Mountain, by James Baldwin

* Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin

* The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor

* My Friends, by Hisham Matar

* Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood

* The Warden, by Anthony Trollope

* Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope

* Time of the Flies, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle

* Elena Knows, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle

* A Little Luck, by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle

* “The Piano Tuner’s Wives,” by William Trevor

* Love in Summer, by William Trevor

* Reinhardt’s Garden, by Mark Haber

* The Silence in the Garden, by William Trevor

* Fools of Fortune, by William Trevor

* Felicia’s Journey, by William Trevor

* Two Lives, by William Trevor

* Last Stories, by William Trevor

* “The Dressmaker’s Child,” by William Trevor

* The Book of Evidence, by John Banville

* The Sea, by John Banville

* A Death in Summer, by Benjamin Black

* Death in Summer, by William Trevor

Other Links

* Kim’s Blog: Reading Matters

* A Year with William Trevor

* 746 Books Blog

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