Julie Otsuka, Jamaica Kincard, adults’ and children’s books – welcome to episode 118!

In the first half – a topic suggested by Aileen, where we discuss authors who wrote both children’s and adult’s books and whether we read both. In the second half, we compare two novellas about immigrant experiences – Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

Picnic in the Shade by Rosemary Edisford

Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood

The Long Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood

Letty Landon by Helen Ashton

William series by Richmal Crompton

Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Saplings by Noel Streatfeild

Frost at Morning by Richmal Crompton

Matty and the Dearingroydes by Richmal Crompton

I Ordered A Table For Six by Noel Streatfeild

Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Edith Wharton

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

The Lark by E. Nesbit

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden

John Boyne

Sarah Crossan

The Rescuers by Margery Sharp

Barbara Euphan Todd

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Penelope Lively

C.S. Lewis

Chloe Marr by A.A. Milne

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Women Talking by Miriam Toews