EP167: Book Club #4 - Happy Days by Natalie Cassidy

Natalie Cassidy's 'Life with Nat'

Natalie Cassidy

Friends, Parenting, Society & Culture, Kids, Kids & Family, Eastenders, Family, Personal Journals, Advice, Sonia

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Well this is special! A lovely chilled ep of Nat solo getting through some of your thoughts on her book (and the process and behind-the-scenes of it all, too). Enjoy!! xx November's book - All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan December's book (optional extra for the speedy readers) - A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance by Sophie Jomain Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Neice's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ THE BIG CHRISTMAS LIVE SHOW 7th December ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- claphamgrand.com/event/live-with-nat-at-christmas/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The tiny warm-up shows 4th Nov - Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Southend - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.trafalgartickets.com/palace-theatre-southend/en-GB/event/other/live-with-nat-work-in-progress-tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 6th Nov - Hat Factory, Luton - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/live-nat-work-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 16th Nov - Hawth Studio, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/the-hawth/whats-on/live-with-nat-work-in-progress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book Club: November's book - All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan & December's book (optional extra for the speedy readers) - A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance by Sophie Jomain Nat’s solo chats - any rants always welcome! Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What’s brewing with the Nieces - are we all skipping the end of summer, all of autumn and going straight to Christmas - Nat’s door is! Group chat ettiquette & pranks. Nice Lorraines… get in touch! Advent calendars & gift recommendations v. welcome! Things we’re nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming, also open to some saucy two paragraph stories for Tony to read out at the Southend show - think cheeky postcards (both in tone and length)! Can we make Tony an influencer and get him any freebies? TBC Cultural differences ep - inspired by Linny’s Mediterranean heritage and her & Ellia's Italian trip, we'd love to hear about the cultural differences you've noticed between the UK and basically ANYWHERE else! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@keepitlightmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, my lovely listeners, happy relaxing Sunday. It's book club.
0:22.4	Let me tell you a secret though.
0:24.4	I have literally just got up.
0:26.8	So I'm all sleepy.
0:28.7	And it isn't Sunday.
0:30.3	It's actually Thursday.
0:32.1	And we're heading away today.
0:33.7	Me, Mark and the girls.
0:34.8	We're off to Wales to have a few days there, which should be really
0:40.0	lovely. As I said, beginning of the week, the girls keep moaning that it's going to be
0:48.7	raining and that we're going somewhere boring. And I said to them, you've got to get out of that.
0:56.0	They should be really grateful that they're going anywhere.
1:01.1	I genuinely, with my mum and dad, never went anywhere.
1:05.5	So anyway, we're going to leave in about half an hour.
1:09.2	And I thought to myself, I've got quite a lot to do
1:11.4	because yesterday, oh, I had a nightmare yesterday. I was, oh, can I just say that I am on my own
1:19.3	doing book club today. It just hasn't worked out with the girls. They've not read the book.
1:32.3	I mean, we're doing a book club. I don't know what to say,
1:39.5	but I'm reading all the books on time, so it's fine, it's my pod. But no, bless them,
1:43.6	they have, it's been a really funny time for everybody and they've been really busy. So,
1:46.8	they didn't want to... Also, they didn't really want to review my book because they're proud of me.
1:52.6	And they said, you know what I mean?
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