Books (and plays) discussed include:

• Far Away (Carol Churchill, 2000)

• Lost Illusions (Honoré de Balzac (1837-43)

• The Marriage Contract (Balzac, 1835) 

• The Marquess's Daughter (Alexandre Dumas, 1870)

• The Kindness Workbook (Robin Raven, 2021)

• Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health (Susan Salenger, 2022)

• Samurais of Fukushima: The Battle Of The Dead (Hugo Cukurs, 2018)

• Peer Gynt; Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen, 1867; 1882)

• A Monster Calls( Patrick Ness, 2011)

• Hans (comics, 1980-2000)

• The Reader (Bernhard Schlink, 1995)

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