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Tea or Books? #109: Boarding House Novels vs Living Alone and Heat Wave vs Heat Lightning
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Penelope Lively, Helen Hull, boarding houses and isolation – welcome to episode 109! In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I compare boarding houses novels and novels where people live alone – up to and including complete isolation.
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