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Diving In

Diving In is a conversation you will want to be part of - Louise and Virginia have been best friends since university - they share a passion for story telling and read loads of good books. Make yourself a cup of tea and listen in as they share the books they’ve been loving, and also the films, TV series, podcasts and articles they’ve enjoyed.

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80: Five Mothers – impactful, present and absent

May 11, 2026 • Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones

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Louise and Virginia discuss five completely different books this time, some recent releases, and one old. They randomly chose to read books without any planned theme this time, but interestingly all five books feature mothers who impact their children in very different ways.

Books
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
Infidelity and Other Affairs by Kate Legge
Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

Other things
O Now by Niall Williams – BBC Sounds app
Patience, Series two – ABC iView

Film – I Swear

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