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Women's Prize & Alina Khawajah
Ep. 283
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I discuss the Women's Prize Longlist and interview Alina Khawajah about her latest book “Maya’s Laws of Love”
Plus I review four books from the Women’s Prize Fiction longlist:
Western lane by Chetna Maroo
Restless Dolly maunder - Kate Grenville
River East River West - Aube Rey Lescure
The Blue Beautiful World by Karen Lord
The 3 books Alina recommends are:
I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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