The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club 
About this episode
<p>This week's book guest is The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer.</p><br><p>In this episode Sara and Cariad discuss marriage, Just Seventeen, having a breakdown in Harrods and more!</p><p> </p><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><strong><em>Trigger warning: In this episode there are references to abortion, infertility, rape and paedophilia.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer is available to buy <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/really-good-actually-monica-heisey?variant=39914338484302" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> or on Apple Books <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-pumpkin-eater/id546124156?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1010l3atb&ct=Weirdos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p> </p><p>Recorded by Aniya Das and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio. </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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