Book Club Meets: First loves and sliding doors, with Clare Leslie Hall

04 Apr 2025 • 27 min • EN
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If you had a second chance at your first big love, would you take it? What about if you were already married to a very different kind of person? This is the dilemma Beth is faced with in Broken Country, the Happy Place Book Club novel for March.   In this chat Fearne and author Clare Leslie Hall talk about why first love can be so intoxicating, and why it’s only human to feel the pull between very different lifestyles, knowing there are multiple ways you could be happy... Clare explains that Broken Country used to be a very different book, and she almost abandoned it entirely, so what can we learn about being patient with our creative blocks? Plus, if you ever fancy going to Dorset – where the book is set - Fearne and Clare go off on a tangent about all the best places to visit...   Thank you to John Murray Press for the use of Broken Country audiobook, narrated by Hattie Morahan.   If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:   Listen to Book Club Meets: Holly Bourne   Listen to Book Club Meets: David Larbi   Listen to Book Club Meets: Dame Harriet Walter   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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