Listeners, I'm sitting in my garden, it feels lovely and sunny, I feel like I'm on holiday

for Monest, which is very apt because I've got some more holiday reading for you.

This episode of Homo sapient is sponsored by Better Left Unsaid from Tufael Ahmed, author

of the acclaimed novel This Way Out. Better Left Unsaid is about three siblings navigating

life after their mother's death. They're all living separate lives trying to live

up to their last promises they each made to their mother.

Until a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family and forces the siblings

back into each other's lives. Three siblings, three promises, three lifetimes of saying

all the wrong things. Gosh, it feels familiar. I'll leave it at that for now, it's a really

good read. The novel is available at Amazon.co.uk forward slash Homo sapiens. I love it when

they do a little URL for us. Those with a Kindle Unlimited subscription can read at no additional

extra cost. That's www.amazon.co.uk forward slash Homo sapiens. Better Left Unsaid is available

20th September in e-book, paperbook and audiobook editions. Mmm, get involved.

Part two of our lovely chat with CZRuffle is here. This is it if you haven't heard part

one, head back to the feed, press play, and if you haven't, here's part two.

I wanted to ask you a question about you said something earlier and I was talking to

Amelia Abraham the other week about the term lesbian because you said lesbian then you went

queer women and it's interesting what's happening to the word lesbian. What is it? What is happening

to it? People get quite cross about it. I would say older lesbians get a very cross about it.

Like I was in a documentary and someone tweeted at me, CZRuffle has not referred to herself

as a lesbian once. And you sort of can't help but go, but I mean I must like the whole time I'm on

screen. I was definitely being one. You know, it wasn't like I was, you know, I wasn't like flirting

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