Show Notes
In Chapter 8 Claire and Rebecca sit down and delve a bit deeper into the world of non-fiction. Why do we read non-fiction? What constitutes non-fiction? And why do we not read as much non-fiction when we compare it to the amount of fiction we consume? We hope you enjoy listening to our discussion as much as we enjoyed having it. — Recommended / Suggested books: The Kennedy Curse by James Patterson Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie K. Brown Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow Fat Chance by Louise McSharry The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai Bessborough by Deirdre Finnerty Whispering Hope by Nancy Costello, Kathleen Legg, Diane Crogan, Marie Slattery and Marina Gambold with Steven O' Riordan. My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen Me and my Mate Jeffrey by Niall Breslin The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Name Drop by Ross Matthews A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney A Class Act by Rob Beckett Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett and Josh Widdecombe Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham Home by Julie Andrews Home Work by Julie Andrews The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion No Logo by Naomi Klein Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Becoming by Michelle Obama A Promised Land by Barack Obama A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Orientalism by Edward W. Said Dispatches by Michael Herr The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins North by Seamus Heaney Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Don’t Touch my Hair by Emma Dabiri I’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara The Choice by Edith Eger Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Recovering by Richie Sadlier — Thanks to Helen Becerra for the artwork and Mark Neville for the mixing. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/make-it-work License code: PLGGIGEZMJI9NR3G --- Follow us on Instagram: @another.chapter.podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/another-chapter/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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