This month's guest is Mary Pauline Lowry, who wrote The Roxy Letters. Mary is married to a Brit, and she had lots of fascinating insights about the cultural differences between the countries, and I loved talking to her back about Bridget Jones and Jane Austen too. The Roxy Letters was one of my favourite reads of 2020. It was really fun and just what I needed. It's out now in paperback.

Mary and I talked about why we love epistolary novels, took a bit of an accidental deep dive into books about Hollywood, chatted about the difference between British humour and American humour, and lots more!

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:

The Roxy Letters, by Mary Pauline Lowry

Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding

Where D'you Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple

Dear Committee Members, by Julie Schumacher

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy O'Toole

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker

Emma, by Jane Austen