<p>It’s a bumper episode 8, with Pandora and Bobby tackling two million-copy-bestselling, much-loved-movie-inspiring titans of the nineties. In Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding, Pandora finds a surprisingly feminist heroine who’s no less funny 25 years on. And in Nick Hornby’s beloved High Fidelity, Bobby meets his match in a perpetually depressed man-boy who needs to love himself before anyone else can love him back.</p><br><p><strong>Books/articles mentioned:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/helen-fielding/bridget-jones-s-diary/9781447288930" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bridget Jones’s Diary</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/helen-fielding/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason/9780330367356" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason</a> by Helen Fielding</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/nick-hornby/high-fidelity/9780241969816" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Fidelity</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/nick-hornby/fever-pitch/9780241980118" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fever Pitch</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/nick-hornby/about-a-boy/9780141007335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About a Boy</a> by Nick Hornby</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/gabriel-garcia-marquez/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/9780141184999" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One Hundred Years of Solitude</a> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/mikhail-bulgakov/master-and-margarita/9780099540946" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Master and Margarita</a> by Mikhail Bulgakov</p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-life-of-one-s-own-joanna-biggs/5039566?ean=9781474621229" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Life Of One’s Own</a> by Joanna Biggs</p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shark-heart-a-love-story-emily-habeck/7422751?ean=9781529432213" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shark Heart</a> by Emily Habeck</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/john-gray/men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-venus-get-seriously-involved-with-the-classic-g/9780007137466" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus</a> by John Gray</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/candice-carty-williams/queenie/9781409180074" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queenie</a> by Candice Carty-Williams</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jojo-moyes/me-before-you/9780718157838" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Me Before You</a> by Jojo Moyes</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/david-nicholls/one-day/9780340896983" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One Day</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/david-nicholls/us/9780340897010" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Us</a> by David Nicholls</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/andrew-sean-greer/less/9780349143590" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Less</a><em> </em>by Andrew Sean Greer</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/nora-ephron/heartburn/9780349010359" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heartburn</a> by Nora Ephron</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/armistead-maupin/tales-of-the-city/9780552998765" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tales of the City</a> by Armistead Maupin</p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mating-in-captivity-how-to-keep-desire-and-passion-alive-in-long-term-relationships-esther-perel/4047929?ean=9780340943755" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mating in Captivity</a> by Esther Perel</p><br><p><strong>Books for episode 9:</strong></p><p>Augustown by Kei Miller</p><p>Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
