Fee Mak and Ali Woods
Comedian Ali Woods and DJ Fee Mak discuss the books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
REASONS TO STAY ALIVE by Matt Haig, chosen by Ali Woods
ELENA KNOWS by Claudia Pi帽eiro, chosen by Fee Mak
THE DETAILS by Ia Genberg, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Comedian Ali Woods chooses a memoir by Matt Haig based on his experiences of living with depression and anxiety disorder. Moving, funny and incredibly honest, Reasons to Stay Alive is a book which blasts open the way in which we talk about depression.
Presenter and DJ Fee Mak chooses a novel by Claudia Pi帽eiro called Elena Knows, following a day in the life of Elena, a 63-year-old woman struggling to come to terms with both her own illness and the death of her daughter.
And Harriett Gilbert chooses a short Swedish novel by Ia Genberg called The Details, exploring the relationships that define us, and the small but profound details that stay with us.
Producer: Becky Ripley
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