Shami Chakrabarti on How to be Both

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

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Fi Glover on Home by Marilynne Robinson

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Martha Kearney on On Beauty by Zadie Smith

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Kirsty Lang on The Road Home by Rose Tremain

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Helen Fraser on A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing

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Muriel Gray on Half Of A Yellow Sun

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The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht

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Miranda Richardson on May We Be Forgiven

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