<p>After last month’s crowd-pleasers, Bobby and Pandora sink their teeth into two very different, equally meaty books. In Augustown by Kei Miller, a “dismal little valley” in Jamaica becomes a boiling pot of tension when a young boy’s dreadlocks are cut off. And in Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, the boiling pots are a little more literal – and Pandora shares an all-timer of a kitchen horror story.</p><br><p>You can get in touch <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> </p><br><p><strong>Books/articles mentioned:</strong></p><p>Augustown by Kei Miller</p><p>Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin</p><p>The Pisces and Milk Fed by Melissa Broder</p><p>When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà</p><p>Good Material and Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton</p><p>When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo</p><p>Big Fish by Daniel Wallace</p><p>Life of Pi by Yann Martel</p><p>Trespasses by Louise Kennedy</p><p>Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie</p><p>The Bread The Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini</p><p>Heartburn by Nora Ephron</p><p>Midnight Chicken by Ella Risbridger</p><p>Takeaway by Angela Hui</p><br><p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/small-hours/bobby-palmer/9781035402656" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PRE-ORDER SMALL HOURS</a> by Bobby Palmer</p><br><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/augustown-kei-miller-review" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Augustown by Kei Miller Review</a> by Natasha Tripney for The Observer</p><br><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/22/augustown-a-novel-of-the-sacred-and-the-profane-in-jamaica" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Augustown”: A Novel of the Sacred and the Profane in Jamaica</a> by Laura Miller for The New Yorker</p><br><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/16/chinese-food-takeaway-angela-hui-scalding-oil-racist-prank-calls" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scalding oil, racist prank calls and endless ‘lid duty’: growing up in a Chinese restaurant</a> by Angela Hui for The Guardian</p><br><p><a href="https://shelterbox.org/book-club/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find out more about the ShelterBox Book Club</a></p><br><p><strong>Books for episode 10:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/toni-morrison/bluest-eye/9780099759911" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bluest Eye</a> by Toni Morrison</p><p><a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/judy-blume/are-you-there-god-it-s-me-margaret/9781529043068" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.</a> by Judy Blume</p><br><p>Sound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora Sykes</p><br><p>Hosted on Acast. See <a href="http://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</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>
