Meera Syal with Richard E. Grant

What can Little Women teach modern boys about sisterhood? How does food become a language of love and grief? How does writing in a third language shape your creative rhythm? And why can finishing a masterpiece feel like a tragedy?This week on Ask Penguin, Rhianna is joined by bes ...  Show more

How do you begin breaking down a 600-page American epic to bring it to the screen? How did Florence Pugh capture the essence of the central character Cathy? How did John Steinbeck’s secret writing journals help the screenwriters? And what should you read next if you loved reading ...  Show more

Ellen and Mom discuss the marriage, mystery, and mates in Bride by Ali Hazelwood.  Plus, vocabulary and Super Bowl emotional hangover.

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Ellen and Mom discuss the wallflowers, wheelchairs, and "White Fang-ing" in My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid.  Plus, former lives as Prussian courtesans.  

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The culinary legend and actress sits down with Robert Bound to discuss her cookbooks, which span the flavours of India, and how she unintentionally became a household name for anyone with a taste for South Asian cuisine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.