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.

You're not going to believe what's happened. I understand being in the wrong place at the

wrong time, but I've been shut on not once, not twice, but three times by birds in the

last week. Dear listeners, what is that all about? It's lucky and we know that we all know

that it's lucky, so I should consider myself very lucky. I feel lucky because one, I'm

getting to talk to you, lovely lot. And two, we've got the superstar, the woman who is

changing pop, self-esteem on the show today. Whop, whop, how lucky is that? That's where

three bird poo's alone. And it's trans day of visibility. So we're going to be starting

the show by discussing who your trans heroes are no less. And we're also going to be talking

about the Oscars because so much happened and you all had so many reactions to it all. But

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