'The Leveret' by Anna Goldreich
About this episode
Debut novelist Anna Goldreich discusses her book 'The Leveret' and themes of grief and queer love.
Debut novelist, Anna Goldreich, joins Sara in the Book Club to discuss 'The Leveret'. They chat about her inspirations behind the story, farming, baby hares, grief, queer love and much much more. Anna is also a keen twitcher - and runs a queer bird watching group in Norfolk - which Sara gets very interested in! We also hear a clip of the audiobook - and - get a cracking book recommendation too! Here's a little more about 'The Leveret': Moving to the countryside is supposed to fix Clare and Phoebe’s relationship. A fresh start, a change of scenery, a chance to heal after the miscarriage of their baby girl. Instead, Phoebe feels suffocated. Back in the rural community she ran from at seventeen and unable to face the partner she cannot help, she throws herself into work on the family farm. Clare is a stranger in the village, uninitiated and out of place. She spends her days drifting around the cottage, its walls groaning and shifting as she withdraws into a world inside her head. One day, wandering through the forest nearby, Clare finds a leveret – her own little Isla. A surrogate to lick and love. A way to feel whole again. But as Isla grows into an adult hare she becomes wild and…
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