Mary Lawson

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Elizabeth Day talks to award winning Canadian writer Mary Lawson, whose new novel A Town Called Solace is a moving portrait of parenting and secrets. The story centres around Clara, a young girl whose sister is missing, her elderly neighbour Elizabeth who is in hospital and the mysterious Liam who moves into Elizabeth's house. As the novel unfolds, we discover more about the events of the past that have brought them together in a remote town in northern Canada. Also on the programme a March book recommendation and psychoanalyst Josh Cohen and novelist Ayisha Malik discuss what makes a great fictional character. Book List – Sunday 28 February and Thursday 4 March A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson Crow Lake by Mary Lawson The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson Road Ends by Mary Lawson The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward How to Live, What to Do by Josh Cohen This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik Luster by Raven Leilani The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Peanuts by Charles Schulz