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Aug 2022
56m 56s

Lisa Jewell with Isy Suttie

PENGUIN BOOKS UK
About this episode

This week on the penguin podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by bestselling author, Lisa Jewell.

 

Lisa joins the Penguin Podcast to discuss her latest novel, The Family Remains, the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times best-seller, The Family Upstairs.

 

They also discuss Lisa’s development from writing relationship novels to psychological thrillers, why a nameplate from outside her childhood bedroom is so important, her experiences in an abusive relationship, and how liberation helped her decide to be a writer.  


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