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Sarah Keyworth & Lissa Evans

Lissa Evans, Sarah Keyworth and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Oliver Sacks, Cheryl Strayed and David Garnett. From 2020.

Author Lissa Evans and comedian Sarah Keyworth join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Oliver Sacks, Cheryl Strayed and David Garnett.

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Picador

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Lady into Fox by David Garnett
Publisher: Dover Publications

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

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