9. Augustown & Home Cooking

After last month’s crowd-pleasers, Bobby and Pandora sink their teeth into two very different, equally meaty books. In Augustown by Kei Miller, a “dismal little valley” in Jamaica becomes a boiling pot of tension when a young boy’s dreadlocks are cut off. And in Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, the boiling pots are a little more literal – and Pandora shares an all-timer of a kitchen horror story. You can get in touch bookchatpod@gmail.com Books/articles mentioned: Augustown by Kei Miller Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin The Pisces and Milk Fed by Melissa Broder When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà Good Material and Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Life of Pi by Yann Martel Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie The Bread The Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini Heartburn by Nora Ephron Midnight Chicken by Ella Risbridger Takeaway by Angela Hui PRE-ORDER SMALL HOURS by Bobby Palmer Augustown by Kei Miller Review by Natasha Tripney for The Observer “Augustown”: A Novel of the Sacred and the Profane in Jamaica by Laura Miller for The New Yorker Scalding oil, racist prank calls and endless ‘lid duty’: growing up in a Chinese restaurant by Angela Hui for The Guardian Find out more about the ShelterBox Book Club Books for episode 10: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume Sound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora Sykes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.