Miles of Books: Four New Novels Set in London
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Attention Anglophiles (and lovers of clever, engrossing books): This episode is for you! Hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Ellison Weist explore the themes of four new novels all set in or around England’s capital city. Buckle up: Two are riveting, contemporary page-turners, including the latest from the author of 2012’s Capital. The other two are period pieces laced with mystery and romance. The hosts delve into the perception of reality and seeing it through a media lens. The novels discussed:
Look What You Made Me Do: John Lanchester
The Kindness of Strangers: Emma Garman
Five: Ilona Bannister
A Perfect Hand: Ayelet Waldman
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| 1:01.3 | Welcome to Miles of Books, a book-centric show to listen to on your run from another |
| 1:09.5 | mother runner in Feisty Media. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm host Sarah Bowen-Shay, and my smiley co-host today is Ellison Weist. |
| 1:15.5 | We're going to gab about four new books, all of which are set in England. |
| 1:20.0 | And that was unintentional. |
| 1:22.0 | It was, and it didn't occur to me until I was putting our notes together. |
| 1:25.8 | So, hello, Ellison. |
| 1:27.0 | Hey there, Sarah. Okay, we're |
| 1:29.8 | going to jump right in because, oh my goodness, just love this book so much. It is, look what |
| 1:36.3 | you made me do. British cover. Oh, yeah, aren't you fancy? No, it was a, it came out a couple of |
| 1:42.5 | months ago and I couldn't wait. Wow. So did you |
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