For Episode 2, we’re off to Falmouth, Cornwall. The Wild West has been inspiring writers for 100s of years, from Du Maurier to DH Lawrence and it’s the home of our very special guest, Cathy Rentzenbrink. Many readers will be familiar with Cathy from her bestselling memoir, The Last Act Of Love and her beautiful book, A Manual For Heartache. So you might not associate Cathy with comedy – but she’s fiercely funny. Her books will make you cry, but her conversation will definitely make you laugh. Cathy also talks, openly and honestly, about how books saved her life…

BOOKS

Cathy Rentzenbrink - The Last Act of Love

Cathy Rentzenbrink - A Manual For Heartache

Hilary Mantel - Giving Up the Ghost

Julian Barnes - Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack

Erica Jong - Fear of Flying

Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love

DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover

DH Lawrence - Women in Love

DH Lawrence - The Rainbow

Jane Austen - Emma

Jane Austen - Mansfield Park

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Zadie Smith - Feel Free

Jon Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Caroline Kepnes - You

Julian Barnes - Flaubert's Parrot

Julian Barnes - A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

Mary Wesley - Not That Sort of Girl

Nora Ephron - Heartburn

Nora Ephron - Scribble Scribble

LM Montgomery - Emily of New Moon

LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables

LM Montgomery - Anne of the Island

LM Montgomery - Anne of Avonlea

LM Montgomery - Complete Journals

Susan Coolidge - What Katy Did

Susan Coolidge - Clover

Lucy Mangan - Bookworm

Georgette Heyer - Frederica

Alberto Manguel - History of Reading

Beryl E Escott - Heroines of SOE

Agatha Christie - The Clocks

WE Johns - Biggles

Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Andy Griffiths - 13-Story Treehouse

John Niven - Kill Your Friends

David Nicholls - One Day

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary

Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

Ryan Holiday - Daily Stoic

Various - Assassin's Cloak

William Boyd - Any Human Heart

Rachel Joyce - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

JK Rowling - Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Tom Palmer - Armistice Runner

AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird

Lissa Evans - Their Finest Hour and a Half

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