Ep 451: Digging into Nikki May's delicious Mansfield Park reimagining

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today we are thrilled to welcome Nikki May to the show. Her new book This Motherless Land is a reimagining of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Anne was especially intrigued by this because Mansfield Park is the novel of Jane Austen's that seems most overlooked when it comes to retellings. Today, Anne has questions, and Nikki May has answers. Among some of the gems you will hear are Nikki's personal connection to Jane Austen generally and Mansfield Park in particular, the personal experiences that informed This Motherless Land, and the complexity of belonging and not belonging as explored in these pages. Anne and Nikki also discover their shared appreciation for family novels, especially complicated, messy families, and Nikki shares some of her favorites today. Find the full list of titles mentioned at our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/451. Our annual traditional holiday gift-giving episode is just around the corner. If you'd like to give a bookish gift to a reader in your life and you'd like our team's help, please email [email protected] with the subject line "Gift Help". In your email, please include details about who are you shopping for, a little bit about their reading life, and any ideas you have or the direction you'd prefer to go. We'll read some of your requests and answer lots of reader inquiries on our upcoming episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey readers I'm Anne Bogle and this is what should I read next.
0:14.4	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that
0:17.8	plagues every reader.
0:19.4	What should I read next?
0:21.8	We don't get bossy on this show.
0:23.5	What we will do here is give you the information
0:26.4	you need to use your help in putting together our annual traditional holiday gift giving episode. This year our team is at your service to
0:45.4	answer your gift requests. Do you want to give a bookish gift to a reader in your life
0:49.6	but you're not sure what exactly to get them? We are here to help and we really do it in the
0:54.4	style of what should I read next. So if you want to participate here is what to do.
0:58.6	Email hello at modern Mrs Darcy.com with the subject line gift help. Now tell us who are you
1:05.2	shopping for? Maybe a little bit about their reading life in any ideas you have or the
1:09.2	direction you'd prefer to go. If you know three books they love by all means tell us that. If you know a title that did not work for them, you can tell us that too.
1:18.0	Our team will read some of your requests on our gift-giving episode and answer lots of reader inquiries.
1:24.9	So to participate, email us hello at modern Mrs Darcy.com.
1:29.8	Subtexting gift help.
1:31.6	Let us know who you're shopping for a little about their reading life
1:34.7	ideas you have or the direction you want to go if you want to say hey this is the person
1:39.6	this is the situation carte blanche we can do that too. We all collectively have such a good time with
1:45.8	this every year. You enjoy hearing your requests on the show, you get great gift ideas, we enjoy
1:51.1	the satisfaction of coming up with the perfect book to tell you about.
1:54.4	Plus, we have so much fun doing it.
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