S14, BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Kit de Waal

S14, BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Kit de Waal

Our extra-special bonus guest today is the author Kit de Waal. Her debut 2016 novel, My Name Is Leon, told the story of a mixed-race nine-year-old boy and his quest to reunite his family after being taken into care. It won the Irish Book of the Year Award and has recently been adapted for TV starring Lenny Henry. Her second novel, The Trick to Time was longlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize. A short story collection followed, and now de Waal has turned her gaze onto her own life. Her memoir, Without Warning and Only Sometimes, is out next month and tells the moving story of being raised by a Caribbean father and an Irish Jehovah's Witness mother who believed Armageddon was coming.Kit joins me to talk about how reading became her salvation, the experiences of being mixed race and working class, her failure to read enough women and her failure to adopt a child. Plus - and here's the big one - her failure to ride a bicycle.--Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal is available for pre-order here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/without-warning-and-only-sometimes/kit-de-waal/9781472284839--How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com--Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpod Kit de Waal @KitdeWaal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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S1, Ep8 How to Fail: Elizabeth Day

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S1, Ep7 How to Fail: David Nicholls

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S1, Ep6 How to Fail: Gina Miller

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S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing

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S1, Ep4 How to Fail: Sathnam Sanghera

S1, Ep4 How to Fail: Sathnam Sanghera

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1 Elo 201847min

S1, Ep3 How to Fail: Dolly Alderton

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25 Heinä 201851min

S1, Ep2 How to Fail: Sebastian Faulks

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