Dr Rachel Clarke & Mohsin Zaidi
The NHS palliative care doctor and author, and the barrister and author share the books that have inspired them, with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
The NHS palliative care doctor and author Rachel Clarke (Breathtaking, Dear Life) and the barrister and author Mohsin Zaidi (A Dutiful Boy) share the books that inspire them with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
Rachel chooses The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, a memoir about locked-in syndrome by Jean-Dominique Bauby. Mohsin picks a collection of essays, speeches, and poems by African-American author and poet Audre Lorde, Your Silence Will Not Protect You. And Harriett shares with them a crime novel, Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell.
Producer for 成人快手 Audio in Bristol, Eliza Lomas.
Follow our instagram book group @agoodreadbbc
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Tue 2 Nov 2021 16:30成人快手 Radio 4
- Fri 5 Nov 2021 23:00成人快手 Radio 4
Books and Authors Podcast
Open Book for author interviews and A Good Read for recommended reads
Listen now to books on 成人快手 Sounds
Escape with books & stories
Opening Lines
John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
Books
Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.
How many of these 100 Novels have you read?
After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.