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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2025 · 19 MIN

'Ordinary Saints' by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin

from The Radio 2 Book Club · host BBC Radio 2

Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin joins Sara in the Book Club to chat about her debut novel, 'Ordinary Saints'.She discusses her writing journey, the weaving of many different themes in one book and why ultra marathons and writing go hand in hand! Niamh also recommends us a book she has loved reading recently and confesses to leaving the first draft of her novel in a pub (which was, thankfully, retrieved)Book Blurb:Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family, her childhood and herself . . .Inspired by the author's own devout upbringing, Ordinary Saints is a brilliant debut novel from a fresh, exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we are remembered - and who we will become?

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