A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews with Miriam Toews
Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club 
About this episode
<p>This week's book guest is<em> A Truce That Is Not Peace </em>by Miriam Toews.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by Miriam Toews the internationally acclaimed and award-winning author of such works as <em>A Complicated Kindness</em>, <em>Fight Night, All My Puny Sorrows </em>and <em>Women Talking</em> on which the Oscar-winning film was based.</p><br><p>In this episode they discuss writing conferences, death, comedy and a skunk.</p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><strong>Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss death by suicide.</strong></p><br><p><em>A Truce That Is Not Peace</em> by Miriam Toews is available <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/a-truce-that-is-not-peace-miriam-toews?variant=53522977489275" 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><br><p>Tickets for Sara's tour show<em> I Am A Strange Gloop </em>are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sarapascoe.co.uk</a></p><p>Cariad's children's book <em>Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish</em> is out in paperback <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/lydia-marmalade-and-the-christmas-wish/9781444971491/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> now.</p><p> </p><p>Recorded 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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