Chloë Ashby, author of 'Family Friends' on Messy Families, Power Dynamics & Tracey Emin

For today's episode Hannah was joined by returning guest of the pod Chloë Ashby to discuss her latest novel Family Friends which you can buy here.
In this episode they discuss writing about messy families and relationships, lust and desire & money and class- all the good stuff! Chloë also spoke about her feelings on the Tracey Emin exhibition, how much she loved Hamnet and told us what the cultural family tree for her book would be.
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You can follow Chloë via Instagram & via chloeashby.com
Her previous novels include: Wet Paint and Second Self

Books & other mentions in this episode:
The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
A Long Game: How To Write Fiction
Fleabag
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Accidental by Ali Smith
A Bigger Splash (2015)
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/tracey-emin
Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet (2025)
Poor Things (2023)

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