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Apr 30, 2019 1 hr 20 min

A Bumper Spring Book Special

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Welcome back to the summer term, High Lowers! We recap some news and bring you a boat load of televisual, podcast and - mainly - book recommendations. Plus, Dolly falls for the ultimate whale hoax/ocean con. Enjoy. E-mail [email protected] Tweet @thehighlowshow American Marriage, by Tarayi Jones This is The Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo Bad Behaviour, by Mary Gaitskill Trick Mirror, by Jill Tolentino Guantanamo's Darkest Secret, by Ben Taub for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret Undercover, on BBC iPlayer This Is Us, Series 2, on Amazon Prime Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: https://amzn.to/2J5VoGO A Half-baked Idea by Olivia Potts https://amzn.to/2DH9GtZ One Day by David Nicholls: https://amzn.to/2VBXeWA Close To Where The Heart Gives Out by Dr Malcolm Alexander https://amzn.to/2J6y2Rp Terrific Mother by Lorrie Moore: https://amzn.to/2WdSPWJ How To Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore: http://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-to-Become-a-Writer-Lorrie-Moore.pdf Fortunately With Fi and Jane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads Glenda Jackson on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2019/04/23/716229468 David Tenant does a podcast with Tina Fey: https://bit.ly/2ZNpdSz Private Life: https://www.netflix.com/title/80168222 Don't Think Twice: https://www.netflix.com/title/80103372 My Finest Work Yet by Andrew Bird https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-finest-work-yet/1449649405 Molly Parkin on The Last Bohemians: https://www.thelastbohemians.co.uk/molly

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