It's 2020 and Jayne and Paula are starting the year off discussing The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, a stark and honest look at the decades long friendship of four women, now in their seventies, after one of them dies. Jayne also admits to a personality trait that made a certain book appeal and Paula shares a challenge one book set for her that saw her reevaluating her usual thinking.
Books they discuss:
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
An Edited Life by Anna Newton
The Alcohol Experiment by Annie Grace
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
I Will Miss You Tomorrow by Heine Bakkeid
Royals by Emma Forrest
The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Netflix specials discussed:
Baby Cobra by Ali Wong
Hard Knock Wife by Ali Wong
Our book for February is Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe. Happy reading!