Mathew Baynton and Aasmah Mir

A Good Read

BBC

Books, Arts

4.2 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Horrible Histories actor Mathew Baynton and presenter Aasmah Mir join Harriett Gilbert. to discuss their favourite books by George Saunders, Iain Banks and Alison Jean Lester.

Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders Publisher: Bloomsbury

The Crow Road by Iain Banks Publisher: Abacus

Lilian on Life by Alison Jean Lester Publisher: John Murray

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2019.

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0:00.0	Things just swirling around my head.
0:03.6	Am I really the product of this?
0:06.1	Astonishing secrets uncovered by at-home DNA tests.
0:11.0	Little did I know what more was to come.
0:13.4	I'm Jenny Clemen and in the new series of The Gift,
0:17.5	we'll hear more stories emerging out of the ever-expanding global DNA database.
0:22.8	They did know that I was different.
0:25.7	You had kids together.
0:27.0	Yeah.
0:27.5	Then you met.
0:28.3	Then we met.
0:29.2	The Gift.
0:30.1	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.2	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:38.7	Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.
0:40.4	Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,
0:43.6	where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.
0:47.9	We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.
0:54.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:58.4	Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,
1:03.2	where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.
1:07.5	We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions
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