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Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

LoLT: Stanfords Travel Bookshop and Two New Books

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0559 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we’re excited about two new books: Piglet by Lottie Hazell and Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness by Alastair Humphreys. Then Dave tells us about the awesome Stanfords bookshop. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/StrongSense and get on your way to being your best self. Links Piglet by Lottie Hazell — audiobook Piglet by Lottie Hazell — print Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness by Alastair Humphreys Stanfords Map and Travel Bookshop Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2024 Wikipedia: Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Premier League is exciting.

0:04.0

It's exhilarating.

0:07.0

And sometimes it's...

0:11.0

So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,

0:17.0

grab a Coke to keep you in the game.

0:20.0

Time to refresh. Time for a Coke. Coca-Cola,

0:25.0

official partner of the Premier League. Coming up, a gripping novel of its equal parts delicious

0:35.2

and disturbing. An experiment in local travel. Plus our distraction

0:40.4

of the week. I'm Mel. I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time. I've been listening to the

0:48.1

audiobook of a new novel. It's called Piglet, written by Lottie Hazel. You have been going on about this book.

0:55.0

It's so good.

0:57.3

The story is stuffed full of glorious food descriptions.

1:02.3

And the narrator on the audiobook, Rebecca Hines, has this very warm, buttery, British accent.

1:09.3

Piglet's dinner would not be like her mother's or her future in-laws.

1:13.2

There would be jazz music, cigarettes smoked on the patio.

1:16.5

It's fantastic.

1:18.2

And I'm going to try to explain why I love it without giving anything away.

1:21.4

All right.

1:22.2

Our heroine is Piglet.

1:24.7

She was given this nickname by her family when she was a kid, and it stuck.

1:29.7

That's unfortunate. Yeah. But she's grown up now, and she's doing very well for herself. Thank you

1:35.2

very much. She's engaged to a dreamy fiancé named Kit. He comes from a posh family. She does not.

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