We explore guilt,memory and courage with a novel from Edna O'Brien, a posthumous memoir from Kate Gross and the journals of Jean Lucey PrattIn this week's podcast we sight at the writing of three remarkable women. At a Guardian Live event, or Edna O'Brien talks approximately a 55-year career that began in scandal with the publication of The Country Girls in 1960 and now finds her garlanded with international acclaim. Her latest novel,The Little Red Chairs, is the fable of a Balkan war criminal who takes refuge in Ireland – and has been hailed as her masterpiece by Philip Roth.
Jean Gross joins us to discuss a posthumously published book by her daughter Kate, and recording her journey towards reconciliation with a terminal illness. Late Fragments started out as a blog by a woman "wired for happiness",who kept her humour and resilience until the end. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com