Book Club Meets: Career pivots, true crime, and 70s nostalgia, with Jennie Godfrey

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<p>Would you choose uncertainty over unhappiness? Happy Place Book Club novel, The List of Suspicious Things, is the first book Jennie Godfrey has written. She was working in a corporate job before she had a moment of clarity and quit her job with no plan B to become a writer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this chat with Fearne, Jennie explains why, having suffered with anxiety, she took control and chose an uncertain future over an unhappy present, with a little help from an episode of Happy Place...!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The List of Suspicious Things centres around the murders of the Yorkshire Ripper. It sounds like a grim subject, but this story – told through the eyes of a young teenage girl – is incredibly warm and charming. Jennie also reveals her family’s own connection to Peter Sutcliffe, the man known at the time as the Yorkshire Ripper.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, you’ve been sending your voice notes, reminiscing about the teenage culture of the 1970s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Join the Happy Place Book Club on Instagram @happyplacebookclub – DM your messages and voicenotes about May’s read, Sociopath, to have your thoughts shared on the podcast!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...and don’t worry, there are no plot spoilers in this episode!</p><br><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/1b7a6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Daisy May Cooper's episode.</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>