#377 Clover Stroud: Writing About Life & Death (Part 1)

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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My guest today is writer and journalist Clover Stroud. I adore her writing and outlook on the world. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Her second book, My Wild & Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story was rated one of the 'best books of the year, 2020' by the Observer and the Telegraph and was a Sunday Times bestseller. And her third memoir The Red Of My Blood might just be my favourite of them all. In this book, Clover is looking at life, death and grief. She is asking the question: can death bring something good to my life? A few weeks before Christmas, Clover's sister died of breast cancer, aged forty-six. Her sudden death broke Clover's life into pieces. The Red of My Blood charts Clover's surreal and fearless journey through the first year after her sister's death. This is a really special book and really recommend you pick up a copy. This is part one of our conversation, and part two will be released right after it so if you enjoyed go and check out part two now :)

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0:58.0	Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is the wonderful writer and journalist
1:02.8	Clover Stroud, who has actually come on this podcast a few times before. I really adore her
1:07.6	writing and her outlook on the world, and her first book, The World Other, was shortlisted
1:12.4	for the Wainwright Prize, and she came on this podcast. It might have been four or five years
1:16.0	going out to talk about that book, which was incredible and very moving. Her second book is called
1:21.7	My Wild and Sleepless Nights, A Mother's Story, and it's such an incredible vivid memoir about
1:27.2	raising five children. It was rated one of the best books of the year by the observer and the
1:31.7	telegraph, and it was a Sunday Times bestseller, and her third memoir is out now. It's called The Red
1:36.8	of My Blood. It might just be my favourite of them all. It is an amazing glittering colorful memoir
1:43.2	looking at life, death, and grief. She's asking the question, can death bring something good to my life?
1:49.6	The story is about Clover's sister who died of breast cancer, age 46, and her sudden death
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