Geraldine's working too hard and she's trying to understand why.

Partly it's because there's just so much to read at the moment. She's running to keep up.

Eliza wonders if her Mum's work patterns are linked to Australia's emergence from the COVID-19 lockdown? But Geraldine thinks it's a result of "normal life" returning to the northern hemisphere.

Also this week, Eliza worries about Lebanon and its future.

And reading Olive Kitteridge.

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