Feb 19, 2020
Our guest on episode 59 is Dolly Alderton. As well as being half of the High Low podcast, Dolly is also a successful journalist and columnist, and her novel, Ghosts, is forthcoming later this year. Her bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love came out in the UK in 2018, and is finally out in the US this month, in hardcover, ebook and also audio. We covered her favourite literary friendships, how it feels to write a novel after writing a memoir, the challenges and joys of working closely with a good friend on a hugely successful project, and more.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton
Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante
Standard Deviation, by Katherine Heiny
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
Your Voice in My Head, by Emma Forrest
The Hungover Games, by Sophie Heawood
The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes
The Sea, the Sea, by Iris Murdoch
Me, by Elton John
Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones
Reckless Daughter: a Portrait of Joni Mitchell, by David Yaffe
High Times, Hard Times, by Anita O'Day
A Theatre for Dreamers, by Polly Sampson
Actress, by Anne Enright
Nothing To See Here, by Kevin Wilson
The Pisces, by Melissa Broder
Actress, by Anne Enright
My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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