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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Francesca Rudkin: The Friend and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Description: The Friend  New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.   Jane Austen Wrecked My Life  Desperately single and plagued by writer's block, Agathe gets invited to the Jane Auste...