A Good Read

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Alex Jones and Victoria Hislop talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

4 Extra Debut. Alex Jones, Victoria Hislop and Harriett Gilbert choose books by Lisa Jewell, Michael Cunningham and Elena Ferrante. From 2016.

BBC One Show presenter Alex Jones, and writer Victoria Hislop, join Harriet Gilbert to talk about books they love by Lisa Jewell, Michael Cunningham and Elena Ferrante.

The Girls by Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Arrow

The Hours by Michael Cunningham 
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Publisher: Europa Editions
[Translator: Ann Goldstein]

Producer: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.

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