Book Club Meets: Sliding doors and the power of a name, with Florence Knapp
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<p>Has your name influenced who you’ve become? Would you have different characteristics, would people react differently to you, would your life have turned out differently, if you had a different name? These are the questions author Florence Knapp grapples with in her book The Names – our Happy Place Book Club read for June.</p><br><p>In this chat, Fearne and Florence share their own experiences of having slightly unusual names, and how they shaped them. Florence also explains the long journey she’s been on to get a novel published, having started writing in the late ‘90s, and wonders that she likes getting lost in fictional worlds because she’s naturally introverted.</p><br><p>Thank you to Phoenix for the use of The Names audiobook, narrated by Dervla Kirwan, and to composer and musician Jeni Saint for the opening music.</p><br><p>If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2e0585" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Club Meets: Emily Henry</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2cf8fc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Club Meets: Lorna Tucker</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2c28eb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book Club Meets: Clare Leslie Hall</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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