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Postcards From Midlife

Novelist Jennie Godfrey on her dramatic career reinvention & Yorkshire Ripper connection

Season 11, Ep. 4

For their spring book club special, Lorraine and Trish meet author Jennie Godfrey whose charming and moving debut novel, The List of Suspicious Things, about growing up in the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper, is set to be a best-seller. Jennie reveals her personal connection to the case, why she ditched the city and a high-flying career in midlife to work in a country bookshop and how to go about getting a novel published. Plus: 10 brilliant books for your reading list; Lorraine tests her geography knowledge & who remembers Iced Gems for tea?



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