Ariadne and her sister Phaedra were pivotal footnotes in the heroic stories of men with the exception of the letters Ovid wrote in their name. It was these passionate but powerless voices that sparked Jennifer Saint's debut novel Ariadne. Ariadne is a vibrant retelling and imagining of their stories as well as a story of sisters, growing up in the shadow of their brother, the Minotaur - himself born of their father's terrible pride and their mother's maddened shame. 

This is a beautiful exploration of a glittering world created and inhabited by gods who have all the attributes of man but none of the consequences, and how two young women, princesses of Crete, granddaughters of the sun god Helios, navigate in their wake. 

@Bookywookydooda @jennysaint www.jennifersaint.com @Radio_Gorgeous

Tetiana thinks that her great grandmother was "secretly" Jewish, as being a Jew in Ukraine back then was dangerous. Tetiana tells us why she, an independent modern woman fell in love with an ancient faith and converted. 

#RadioGorgeous #Judaism #Memoir 

Mona has written a manifesto which starts and ends with abuse by men to women, she wants us all to stand up for ourselves and "Fuck the patriarchy" she tells us why and how to do it. Listen hard. 


#Feminism #FuckThePatriarchy #RadioGorgeous 

Charmian Clift left London in 1954 with her husband and children to live on the Greek island of Kalymnos. The following year, they moved to Hydra where they were the forerunners of a bohemian artist community. Leonard Cohen stayed with them when he first visited the island.

Her vivid memoirs of this time have been beautifully reissued by Muswell Press with forwards by Polly Samson. In Samson's 2020 novel, A Theatre for Dreamers, Charmian Clift is a central character.

Mermaid Singing and Peel Me a Lotus are personal and travel memoirs that feel as fresh and crisp as when they were written but also serve as time travel, back to a time before mass travel.

Inspired by one of the lines that the fictional Charmian said in A Theatre for Dreamers, Polly Samson wrote the lyrics to the song Yes, I Have Ghosts, sung here by her husband, Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist David Gilmour and their daughter Romany Gilmour. 

@PollySamson @MuswellPress muswell-press.co.uk pollysamson.com

Scent (Muswell Press) is the second novel from Isabel Costello, author of Paris Mon Amour. Her love and intimate knowledge of France is apparent as is her ability to expose the inner life of a Parisian perfumer, Clémentine, whose marriage is disintegrating at the same time as a her former lover turns up with an unknown agenda.  It is an engrossing read redolent of tension and desire.

Isabel, who has run the Literary Sofa blog for 10 years, will discuss Scent in 'An Evening with Isabel Costello' in conjunction with Barnet Libraries and Muswell Press on April 21 7-8. Tickets are free and can be booked on Eventbrite HERE.

@isabelcostello @MuswellPress @Brownlee_Donald

Are you a people pleaser? You may not even know you are one because according to author and therapist Emma Reed Turrell there is more to people pleasing than the sweet, saint like image we all imagine. Cambridge University educated Emma is our guest today on Radio Gorgeous and we are delving into the people pleasing world and talk about different types of pleasers and the uncomfortable feelings which women are not "allowed" to have.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Please-Yourself-Stop-People-Pleasing-Transform-ebook/dp/B08H85TP24
Available as a book, audio book & kindle

#RadioGorgeous #peoplepleasing #therapy 

The German Heiress is an action packed, yet haunting novel set in Essen, North Germany which was known as the armoury of the Reich. Set in post war Germany where people were fighting for their survival and facing up to cruel truths of their recent past.

The German Heiress by Anika Scott is published by Windmill (in the UK)


Annika's website:
https://postwargermany.com/

#RadioGorgeous #WorldWar2 #Novel 

Now we are in a world wide pandemic, it is depressing, but it does not have to be. Turn off Netflix and get your creative juices going. My guest will encourage you to write and and most importantly find your own voice.   
WRITE ON, A Daily Writing Practice, for Anyone With A Story to Tell is available as a book or a kindle.
http://betsybmurphy.com/
#Writing #RadioGorgeous  

Suzanne Snow has a fulfilling life as a plants woman, a novelist and sometime leader of worship in her local church in Lancashire. Hear how she has created her amazing life and made her dreams come true; becoming a published writer.

#Author #RadioGorgeous #Romance

https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781800322196

Today we are talking about the most controversial now ex-Royal MEGHAN, activist, actor, mother and Prince Harry’s partner. Sean has written a wonderful sympathetic book about a sadly much maligned woman MEGHAN MISUNDERSTOOD, is published by Harper Collins

#Royals #RadioGorgeous #Meghan