Tea or Books? #98: Nature Writing (yes o...

Nature writing and some favourite novels by prizewinning women – welcome to episode 98!

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In the first half of the episode, we decide whether or not we like nature writing. In the second half, we have postponed our discussion of The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby and Brook Evans by Susan Glaspell – instead, Rachel and I both pick three favourite books by women that have won prizes.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

National Provincial by Lettice Cooper
South Riding by Winifred Holtby
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Henry Longfellow
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
White Spines by Nicholas Royle
Quilt by Nicholas Royle
The Uncanny by Nicholas Royle
Love, Interrupted by Simon Thomas
The Warning Bell by Lynne Reid Banks
The L-Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Farthest-Away Mountain by Lynne Reid Banks
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
The Goshawk by T.H. White
The Pilgrim Hawk by Glenway Wescott
The Pebbles on the Beach by Clarence Ellis
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May
Bleaker House by Nell Stevens
Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
John Moore
Adrian Bell
The Village by Marghanita Laski
Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
The Victorian Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski
The Village by Marghanita Laski
To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita Laski
Tory Heaven by Marghanita Laski
Love on the Supertax by Marghanita Laski
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Mother and Son by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge
Another Part of the Woods by Beryl Bainbridge
Sweet William by Beryl Bainbridge
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson