{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657c95795431560017007127/65e5f63537e00d00165f5f11?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Books Without Men","description":"<p>In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024 on this week’s episode we talk about active female representation in contemporary fiction and recommend some of our favourite books that absolutely smash the Bechdel Test</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781913505387\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Boulder</em></a> by Eva Baltasar</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781800817616\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Jungle House</em></a> by Julianne Pachico</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781529157864\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Matrix</em></a><em> </em>by Lauren Groff</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780241986356\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>If I Had Your Face</em></a> by Frances Cha</p><p><br></p><p>Also this week, Joseph read <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781782272519\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On Reading, Writing, and Living with Books</em></a> by Pushkin Press/The London Library, and Saph read <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780571376902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Latecomer</em></a> by Jean Hanff Korelitz.</p><p><br></p><p>This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Mollie who reads a lot of contemporary fiction set in the present day and would like to read more books set in different time periods. Joseph recommends <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781526614971\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Dutch House</em></a> by Anne Patchett, and Saph recommends <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780571361953\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hurdy Gurdy</em></a> by Christopher Wilson and <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781783789191\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Glutton</em></a> by A K Blakemore.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also mentioned in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781529017250\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Our Wives Under The Sea</em></a> by Julia Armfield</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781529092066\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nevada</em></a> by Imogen Binnie</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781784871444\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em></a> by Margaret Atwood</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780224087063\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dykes to Watch Out </em></a>For by Alison Bechdel</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>See the <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/novel-thoughts-podcast-episode-14?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Novel Thoughts bookshop page</a> for all books mentioned in this episode.</p>","author_name":"Novel Thoughts"}