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August 27, 2020 21 mins

Our guest today is Gillian Harvey, the author of Everything Is Fine. She and I talked about how she ended up living in France, how social media can affect our self-worth, and more. 

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

Everything is Fine, by Gillian Harvey

A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle

A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clark

The Neighbour, by Nicola Gill

Normal People, by Sally Rooney

This Lovely City, by Louise Hare

After the End, by Clare Mackintosh

Intimations, by Zadie Smith 

The Fleet Street Girls, by Julie Welch

Love in Colour, by Bolu Babalola

Diamonds at the Lost and Found, by Sarah Aspinall

Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart

Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe

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In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!

In the UK, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates.

Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.

Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.

Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com

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