By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
13 лист. 2025 р. 43 min
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
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<p>This week's book guest is<em> By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept</em> by Elizabeth Smart.</p><br><p>In this episode Sara and Cariad discuss romance, T. S. Eliot, obsessive love and sniffing glue.</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 people who have taken their own lives.</strong></p><br><p><em>By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept</em> by Elizabeth Smart is available <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/by-grand-central-station-i-sat-down-and-wept-elizabeth-smart/142278?ean=9780586090398&amp;next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; 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>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;</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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