The fiercely intelligent Australian author Ceridwen Dovey joins Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards to discuss lust in literature and non-fiction. 

• Introduction: How lust is depicted in literature, and how it needs to change. Why are we, as readers, drawn to stories of lust over love?
• Chapter 1: Power imbalances within a couple can fuel lust and often are the driver of romantic liaisons in literature. But can a meaningful relationship of equals ever be possible as a result?  
• Chapter 2: Becoming, Michelle Obama.
• Chapter 3: In the Garden of the Fugitives, Ceridwen Dovey. Jamila, Astrid and Ceridwen talk lust, love and reflect on "the obsessive stuff, the stalkery stuff, and the stuff we sweep under the carpet of our normal lives”.
• Recommendations: Astrid recommends Atonement by Ian McEwan. Jamila recommendsThe Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenger and - wait for it - Simple by Yotam Ottelenghi.

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