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Rachel Parris and Sonali Shah

Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is on the table, along with a new way of thinking about mixed heritage identity and S茅amas O'Reilly's hilarious memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver, chosen by Rachel Parris
DID YE HEAR MAMMY DIED? by S茅amas O'Reilly, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
BOTH NOT HALF by Jassa Ahluwalia, chosen by Sonali Shah

Comedian and musician Rachel Parris and broadcaster and presenter Sonali Shah join Harriett Gilbert to read each other's favourite books.

Rachel Parris (Late Night Mash, Austentatious) chooses Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead, which is based on David Copperfield and boldly takes on America's opioid crisis.

Sonali Shah (Escape to the Country, Pilgrimage, Magic FM) picks Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity by the actor Jassa Ahluwalia, who had always described himself as 'half Indian, half English'. So he decided to come up with a new way of thinking about all kinds of individuality.

Harriett brings a wonderfully funny and loving memoir by the Irish writer S茅amas O'Reilly: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Producer: Beth O'Dea for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol
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