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Anna Johnston - "The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife"

โ€ข Fiona Taylor

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โœจ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—” ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—กโœจ

Join our host Fiona Taylor as she chats with Melbourne debut author Anna Johnston,  Reading By Candlelight's Book Box author for JULY 2024, about her delightful and heartwarming novel ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™  ๐™๐™ž๐™›๐™š in this spoiler-free interview.

๐ผ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ ' ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’.

We chat about Annaโ€™s grandfather Fred, who inspired the titular character, the misrepresentation of older characters in literature, how the plot was conceived, and the book's themes of the importance of love, belonging, and family. 

THE BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE is featured in the July ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ญ. Tissues are highly recommended! (You've been warned!)

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

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