This month on the Service95 Book Club podcast, Dua is joined by legendary Australian author Helen Garner to discuss her quietly devastating masterpiece, This House Of Grief. Selected as Dua’s Monthly Read for August, this true crime classic recounts the harrowing case of Robert Farquharson, a father accused of drowning his three young sons by driving them in ... Show More
Yesterday
From The Archives: Dua Lipa & Guadalupe Nettel on the transcendent power of care in all its forms in Still Born
From the Service95 Book Club archive this month, we’re bringing you Dua’s May 2025 interview with Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel, on her novel Still Born. Set in Mexico City, friends Alina and Laura are united in their decision to be childfree, refusing to fall into a trap of th ... Show More
33m 25s
Sep 1
Martyr!: Dua & Kaveh Akbar On Addiction, Art & Exile
For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by award-winning poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar to discuss his debut novel – and Dua’s Monthly Read for September – Martyr!, a poignant and generous exploration of addiction, identity, art and exile. At the heart of the novel i ... Show More
1h 2m
Jul 2021
A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
<p>The latest pick for Group Text, our monthly column for readers and book clubs, is Esther Freud's <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/books/i-couldnt-love-you-more-esther-freud-group-text.html" target="_blank">“I Couldn’t Love You More,”</a> a novel about three generati ... Show More
56m 44s
Feb 2023
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the drudges, dead bodies, and demigod heroes in The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen. Plus, football players and Galentine's. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your Mom&apo ... Show More
1h 7m
Mar 2023
For the Roses by Julie Garwood
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the brothers, Blue Belle, and basket baby in For the Roses by Julie Garwood. Plus, menstruation and how it just really makes you have a hard week, okay?<br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your ... Show More
1h 19m
May 2023
Author of grief book charged with husband’s murder; Dismembered and scattered woman is identified
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A wife who wrote a children’s book on grief following her husband’s death is now charged with his murder, allegedly over a real estate dispute. Plus, a woman’s dismembered remains are identified after months of searching, leading to her ... Show More
54m 35s
Mar 2024
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros (with special guest, Dad!)
<p>Ellen and Mom are joined by Dad to talk to about the tragedy, trauma, and torn up checks in The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros! Plus, we test our knowledge of each other and get some military perspective. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsro ... Show More
2h 12m
May 2023
This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the prison, plotting, and power dynamics in This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman. Plus, true crime and fourth-grade correlations, per usual. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your Mom's Fa ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2023
The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the prizefighting, poor parenting, and poverty-stricken duke in The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George. Plus, Ellen-spreading and a book a week, 250 times. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group ... Show More
52m 57s