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Podcast: Book Friends Forever
Episode: Other Peopleâs Fun by Harriet Lane read by Clare Corbett
Description: A chance encounter draws two old classmates toward an unforgettable reckoning in this âvery smart and darkly funnyâ novel exploring powerâand how it tangles with privilege, marriage, motherhood, and midlifeâfrom the acclaimed author of Alys, Always, and Her (Flynn Berry, author of Northern Spy).
âI look. I canât stop looking. Thatâs the deal, isnât it? We all know thatâs how it works. If someone wants to be seenâand oh, how they want to be seenâthen someone has to watch.â
Ruth is alone, unnoticed, and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home...