Mostly Books Meets...16 Mar 2023

Georgina Moore: Author of The Garnett Girls

This week, Jack is joined by Georgina Moore. Georgina has worked in the publishing industry for 20 years and is an award-winning book publicist. It is no wonder that having spent her life immersed in the world of books that she has decided to put pen to paper and write one herself.

That book, the wonderful and absorbing The Garnett Girls follows three sisters Rachel, Imogen and Sasha and their relationship with their charismatic mother Margot. All families have their secrets and the Garnett girls are no exception.

Purchase The Garnett Girls here

(03:13) Georgina's childhood reading
(14:53) BookTok and younger readers
(19:20) Book buying during the cost of living crisis
(22:42) Georgina Moore's recent reads
(30:21) A book that changed Georgina's life
(40:56) The Garnett Girls

Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a weekly podcast by the independent award-winning bookshop, Mostly Books. Nestled in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon-on-Thames, Mostly Books has been spreading the joy of reading for fifteen years. Whether it’s a book, gift, or card you need the Mostly Books team is always on hand to help. Visit our website.

The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.

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Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
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The Garnett Girls is published in the UK by Harper Collins

Books mentioned in this episode include:
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ISBN: 9781529152128
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - ISBN: 9780785253006
Mrs Wobble the Waitress by Allan Ahlberg - ISBN: 9780723275596
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - ISBN: 9780785252993
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell - ISBN: 9781472240767
Secret Loves of Church Ladies byDeesha Philyaw - ISBN: 9781911590699
Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit De Waal - ISBN: 9781472284839
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - ISBN: 9780141040387

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