In this week’s episode I am joined by Karen Swan to talk about her brilliant new novel, Three Summers which is out today in paperback (link below). This episode was a pure joy to record, we actually spoke for nearly two hours as we got chatting before we hit record and I think we could have easily nattered for another hour too.

In this episode, Karen talks about finding the perfect setting for Three Summers, I think we need a Best Book Forward retreat there, how she balances writing emotionally tense scenes and of course the five books that shaped Karen’s life which were.

Karen’s Book Choices:

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Books by Karen Swan

• Three Summers

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