1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to this Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,413 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:15,293 Speaker 2: A'd be News Talks. He'd be twenty two minutes to 4 00:00:15,373 --> 00:00:18,013 Speaker 2: twelve on your Saturday. Catherine Rains, our book reviewer, is 5 00:00:18,053 --> 00:00:20,533 Speaker 2: here with her two reads for the weekend. Hey Katherine, 6 00:00:20,773 --> 00:00:23,653 Speaker 2: Morning Jack Okay. Jojo Moys has a new book. It's 7 00:00:23,653 --> 00:00:26,293 Speaker 2: called We All Live Here, tell us about it. 8 00:00:26,533 --> 00:00:29,773 Speaker 3: So. Lilah Kennedy's the main character, and she's a middle 9 00:00:29,853 --> 00:00:33,173 Speaker 3: may age woman and her husband Dan has recently left 10 00:00:33,173 --> 00:00:35,933 Speaker 3: her and her two daughters to be with his pregnant 11 00:00:35,973 --> 00:00:40,533 Speaker 3: girlfriend and Lilah's two children. Sally's have your typical moody 12 00:00:40,653 --> 00:00:42,933 Speaker 3: sixteen year old girl who's dealing with all sorts of 13 00:00:43,013 --> 00:00:46,053 Speaker 3: her own problems. And Violet, her younger daughter, is almost 14 00:00:46,093 --> 00:00:49,493 Speaker 3: completely the opposite. She's outspoken and she has no filter. 15 00:00:49,653 --> 00:00:53,413 Speaker 3: She never holds back her thoughts, and her recently widowed stepfather, 16 00:00:53,453 --> 00:00:56,213 Speaker 3: Bill has moved into their large old home and then 17 00:00:56,253 --> 00:01:00,253 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, her estranged biological dad, Jean, unexpectedly 18 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:02,973 Speaker 3: re enters her life after thirty five years. So she 19 00:01:03,133 --> 00:01:07,133 Speaker 3: has the stress and drama which seems to be alone, 20 00:01:07,453 --> 00:01:09,693 Speaker 3: and she itrself as an accomplished writer, but with all 21 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:12,373 Speaker 3: the stress, she's got writer's block and she hasn't been 22 00:01:12,413 --> 00:01:15,093 Speaker 3: able to reduce the chapters that she's been contracted for. 23 00:01:15,573 --> 00:01:17,613 Speaker 3: So you're adding in a whole lot of financial stress 24 00:01:17,653 --> 00:01:20,533 Speaker 3: on top of that, because money's tight and she's full 25 00:01:20,573 --> 00:01:24,133 Speaker 3: of rage really towards just about everything. And then you 26 00:01:24,173 --> 00:01:26,693 Speaker 3: see her world start to change in this new definition 27 00:01:26,733 --> 00:01:29,373 Speaker 3: of family that's messy and chaotic. There's a bit of 28 00:01:29,453 --> 00:01:34,493 Speaker 3: romance in there, and friendships and very unconventional family dmatic dynamics. 29 00:01:34,493 --> 00:01:36,733 Speaker 3: And I guess what Jojo Moyes is talking about is, 30 00:01:37,133 --> 00:01:39,573 Speaker 3: no matter how complex and difficult your life can become, 31 00:01:39,613 --> 00:01:41,573 Speaker 3: you can always rely on those that are around you, 32 00:01:41,773 --> 00:01:44,373 Speaker 3: and not necessarily immediate family. And so it was all 33 00:01:44,413 --> 00:01:47,093 Speaker 3: about adapting and simplifying life. And it was a really 34 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:49,093 Speaker 3: well told story with actually a really good dose of 35 00:01:49,173 --> 00:01:49,893 Speaker 3: humor in there too. 36 00:01:50,013 --> 00:01:50,253 Speaker 1: Yeah. 37 00:01:50,373 --> 00:01:53,733 Speaker 2: Nice, Okay, that sounds great. So that's by Jojo Moyes. 38 00:01:53,773 --> 00:01:56,493 Speaker 2: The book is We All Live Here. You've also read 39 00:01:56,493 --> 00:01:58,613 Speaker 2: The Peacock and the Sparrow by Is Barry. 40 00:01:59,333 --> 00:02:00,453 Speaker 1: So Is Barry. 41 00:02:00,213 --> 00:02:04,133 Speaker 3: Herself spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, 42 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:08,213 Speaker 3: serving in Bagdad and elsewhere around the globe and lived 43 00:02:08,213 --> 00:02:10,853 Speaker 3: and work through Europe in the Middle East and particularly 44 00:02:10,853 --> 00:02:14,333 Speaker 3: Bahrain during the Arab Spring, So you can kind of 45 00:02:14,373 --> 00:02:17,813 Speaker 3: see the aspects of this in the story. And the 46 00:02:17,853 --> 00:02:20,653 Speaker 3: story is set deep within the capital city of Menmah, 47 00:02:20,813 --> 00:02:23,813 Speaker 3: and the sounds and smells and the decadence and the 48 00:02:23,893 --> 00:02:26,973 Speaker 3: poverty and that sort of sense of inevitable change running 49 00:02:26,973 --> 00:02:30,413 Speaker 3: throughout the novel, and the stories about a very cynical 50 00:02:30,453 --> 00:02:35,573 Speaker 3: and jaded Sai Cia sorry spy called Shane's Collins, and 51 00:02:35,573 --> 00:02:37,733 Speaker 3: he's ready to come in from the cold, and he's 52 00:02:37,773 --> 00:02:40,853 Speaker 3: stationed in Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia for 53 00:02:40,893 --> 00:02:43,373 Speaker 3: his final tour and he just wants to get it 54 00:02:43,413 --> 00:02:46,373 Speaker 3: over and done with, which is uncovering Iranian support for 55 00:02:46,413 --> 00:02:50,573 Speaker 3: an insurgency against the monarchy. And he meets this young woman, 56 00:02:50,653 --> 00:02:53,293 Speaker 3: a beautiful artist called Elizma, and his eyes are open 57 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:56,573 Speaker 3: to the side of Bahrain that most expats never experience, 58 00:02:56,653 --> 00:02:59,213 Speaker 3: in questions he never thought to ask. And then when 59 00:02:59,253 --> 00:03:01,973 Speaker 3: a trusted informant becomes embroider and a murder, he finds 60 00:03:02,013 --> 00:03:05,333 Speaker 3: himself drawn into the conflict and his loyalties are upended 61 00:03:05,373 --> 00:03:08,653 Speaker 3: and he's caught in this cross winds of revolution in 62 00:03:08,653 --> 00:03:12,693 Speaker 3: his entire career as kind of has led him to 63 00:03:12,733 --> 00:03:15,733 Speaker 3: this point in relationships and an interesting take on how 64 00:03:15,773 --> 00:03:18,333 Speaker 3: he thinks about things and that moment we have to 65 00:03:18,413 --> 00:03:20,853 Speaker 3: choose where you're loyalty lies. And I think because of 66 00:03:20,893 --> 00:03:23,893 Speaker 3: Is Barry's background, you get this real feel of a 67 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:26,173 Speaker 3: real deal of a spy novel and someone in the 68 00:03:26,253 --> 00:03:29,213 Speaker 3: know and giving you the inside edge and the spy world. 69 00:03:29,253 --> 00:03:32,413 Speaker 3: Well maybe who knows, but yeah, it was a well 70 00:03:32,493 --> 00:03:34,613 Speaker 3: told story and I really liked cool how it was 71 00:03:34,653 --> 00:03:35,293 Speaker 3: all pulled together. 72 00:03:35,413 --> 00:03:37,853 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that sounds really really good. Okay, that's The 73 00:03:37,853 --> 00:03:41,333 Speaker 2: Peacock and the Sparrow by Is Barry. We All Live 74 00:03:41,373 --> 00:03:44,133 Speaker 2: Here by Jojo Moyes was Catherine's first pick. She'll be 75 00:03:44,173 --> 00:03:46,253 Speaker 2: back with this next Saturday with another couple of reads. 76 00:03:46,253 --> 00:03:49,253 Speaker 2: Thanks Catherine. Right now, it is eighteen minutes to twelve. 77 00:03:49,893 --> 00:03:53,013 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 78 00:03:53,093 --> 00:03:56,293 Speaker 1: to News Talks B from nine am Saturday, or follow 79 00:03:56,333 --> 00:03:57,893 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.