Jun 28, 2018
Claire’s guest is Alicia Drake, author of the Paris-set coming of age novel I Love You Too Much. They discuss something of Alicia’s writing process, the Frenchness of her novel, and its themes – among them loneliness, the ache to belong, and what happens when beauty fades.
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
I Love You Too Much, by Alicia Drake
The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris, by Alicia Drake
The Horseman, by Tim Pears
The Wanderers, by Tim Pears
Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout
Bookshop Girl, by Chloe Coles
How to Rob a Bank, by Tom Mitchell
Unconventional, by Maggie Harcourt
Theatrical, by Maggie Harcourt
How Do You Like Me Now?, by Holly Bourne
How to be Famous, by Caitlin Moran
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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