Cecile Pin: Author of Wandering Souls

Mostly Books Meets...

This week Jack is joined by Cecile Pin. Her debut novel, Wandering Souls, tells the story of three siblings who flee Vietnam after the terrors of war, and find themselves orphaned and seeking a new home in Thatcher's Britain.

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(0:27) Introduction and Childhood reads
(9:14) Fact and Fiction
(19:01) Being a debut author and moving forward
(23:19) Working in publishing as a writer
(32:28) Cecile's favourite reads
(37:04) Wandering Souls

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Wandering Souls is published in the UK by Harper Collins

Books mentioned in this episode include:
Matilda by Roald Dahl - ISBN: 9780241558317
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - ISBN: 9780099523994
Fire Rush by Jaqueline Crooks - ISBN: 9781787333635
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker - ISBN: 9780241983201
Human Acts by Han Kang - ISBN: 9781846275975

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