In this episode, Tim chose As You Were by Elaine Feeney as the new book and Janet chose The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa as the used book. They also pick their favourite books of 2021.

Music: One Eye Blind by Paul Emery & The Dickens

Info on Magdalene Laundries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland

Info on the 8th Amendment in Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland

Book Review of The Housekeeper and the Professor The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/02/housekeeper-and-professor-ogawa

Janet & Tim's Best Books of 2021
Lucia. Alex Pheby. Biblioasis
Ghost in the Throat. Doireann Ni Ghriofa. Biblioasis
Kill the Mall. Pasha Mala. Knopf
Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted. Gary Barwin. Knopf
The Cabinet. Un-Su Kim. Angry Robot
Strange Beasts of China. Yan Ge. Melville House
Open Water. Caleb Azumah. Grove Atlantic
Mayflies. Andrew O’Hagan. Mclelland & Stewart
It Never Ends. Tom Sharpling. Abrams Press .
Kitchenly 434 Alan Warner White Rabbit
Monument Maker  David Keenan White Rabbit
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Mariana Enriques Hogarth
The Sentence Louise Erdrich HarperCollins
Grievers adrienne maree brown AK Press
Rememberings Sinead O'Connor HMHBooks
FireKeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley Henry Holt & Co
A Little Devil In America Hanif Abdurraqib Random House
Householders Kate Cayley Biblioasis
I Will Die In A Foreign Land Kalani Pickhart Two Dollar Radio

Books we wish we had added to our list
Nina Simone's Gum Warren Ellis Faber & Faber
 Sorrowland Rivers Solomon Picador
The Hard Crowd Rachel Kushner Scribner