This week Jack is joined by Alice Winn. Alice Winn's gorgeous In Memoriam follows Elwood and Gaunt, two boarding school boys desperately in love with one another. Together they navigate the highs and lows of school life until World War I comes crashing into their lives, irrevocably changing them and the world they know forever.

(0:27) Introduction
(1:23) Being a debut author
(11:10) Growing up
(28:47) Reading as an adult
(39:37) A favourite read
(45:14) In Memoriam

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Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
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In Memoriam is published in the UK by Penguin Books

Books mentioned in this episode include:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - ISBN: 9780141040387
Vanity Fair by William Thackerey - ISBN: 9780141439839
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbitt - ISBN: 9781847498427
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel - ISBN: 9780007250554
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - ISBN: 9780141186351

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