In this episode, we get excited about two books: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal and A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. Then Mel shares her excitement about an unfinished Brontë novel that got finished. [transcript]
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland was featured in our podcast episode Hotels: The Liminal Space with M&Ms in the Mini-Bar.
Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Emma Boylan & Charlotte Brontë
Librivox recording of the Emma fragment (Pro tip: skip the intro and go directly to Chapter 1.)
Emma Brown by Clare Boylan on Internet Archive.
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