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A podcast for book lovers. Every week, Nat and Heather talk books over drinks. Tune in every Thursday!
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S2 E9 - Who Harold’s been talking to and fighting back tears on the subway
In this episode: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara acts 6 and 7 (with spoilers).
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual assault, child abuse, self harm and suicide.
Welcome to straight up book club! We’re so glad you’re reading A Little Life with us. In this episode, we get into Acts 6 and 7, where we see Jude’s despair following Willem’s death. Let’s get into this last part of the book together.
From the video:
The author panel we talked about
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S2 E8 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - Part 3
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual assault, child abuse, self harm and suicide.
Welcome to Straight Up Book Club! We’re so glad you’re reading A Little Life with us. In this episode, we get into Act 5 where we get to see Jude and Willem’s relationship start and… end? Let’s make sense of this part (and sob) together.
#ALittleLife #bookclub
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S2 E7 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - Part 2
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual assault, child abuse, self harm and suicide.
Welcome to straight up book club! We’re so glad you’re reading A Little Life with us. In this episode, we get into Acts 3 and 4 where we get to know more about Jude’s past, JB’s struggles and talk theories about what’s still to come.
#ALittleLife #bookclub
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S2 E6 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - Part 1
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual assault, child abuse, self harm and suicide.
Welcome to book club! This time we get into Acts 1 and 2 of this heartbreaking book. We'll discover the friendships between 4 men, their inner lives and backgrounds, the tragedies that make and unmake them. This is a tearjerker, let's be real.
Pull up a chair (and a drink) and let's get into it.
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S2 E5 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides - Part 5
Let's get into the final act of The Fury, where all is revealed.
Next time, we're reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Acts 1 and 2.
Some other books and authors we mentioned in this episode:
- Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
- Ashley Tate by Twenty-Seven Minutes
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
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S2 E4 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides - Part 4
This episode, we talk about Act 4 of Alex Michaelides' The Fury. Let's talk about all the things that have been left out so far.
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