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Francesca Hornak, Maternity Choir Confession, Winter Surfing

Francesca Hornak's new novel Seven Days Of Us is our latest Book Club choice. We'll be talking family Christmas dramas and also be hearing from our listener reviewers.

Simon welcomes author Francesca Hornak to the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss Seven Days Of Us.

It's Christmas, and the Birch family is gathering for the first time in years.

Emma is elated at having everybody under one roof, but her oldest child, Olivia, is only home because she has nowhere else to go. She's just returned from treating an epidemic abroad and must stay in quarantine for a week - and so, too, should her family.

For the next seven days, no one can leave the house and no one can enter. It doesn't sound too hard. But a week with your nearest and dearest can feel like an eternity, especially when they're all harbouring secrets. One of whom is about to come knocking at their door...

We'll be discussing Francesca's new book and finding out what our listeners thought.

Plus, in the spirit of Christmas we'll be starting two weeks of 'Christmas Confession', with your tales of festive folly! We'll also celebrate a new Book Club of the week, play some of your oldie suggestions and get the latest sport and travel from Matt Williams and Bobbie Pryor.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Dec 2017 17:05

Music Played

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • Caribou.
    • Mercury.
  • Taylor Swift

    Gorgeous

    • reputation.
    • Big Machine.
  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Suspicious Minds

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Rudimental

    Sun Comes Up (feat. James Arthur)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.
  • Gwen Stefani

    You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

    • You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
    • Interscope.
    • 001.
  • Stevie Wonder

    What Christmas Means To Me

    • 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
    • Hitsville.
  • Living in a Box

    Living In A Box

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 7.
  • Elbow

    Golden Slumbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.
  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    He Wants To

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Release Me

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.
  • The Icicle Works

    Love Is A Wonderful Colour

    • The Best Of.
    • Beggars Banquet.
  • Paloma Faith

    Guilty

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • S. J. Hawkins

    I Put A Spell On You

    • Halloween Hits (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Dec 2017 17:05