Episode 81 - Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi
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We\\u2019re visiting Lucille and its angels and monsters - we read Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi! Protagonist Jam, her best friend Redemption and a mysterious creature dubbed Pet seek out evil that lingers even in a supposed utopia. We revel in this nuanced, genre-defying coming of age story and explore the questions it brings up about human nature, restorative justice and children\\u2019s access to the unseen. Grace also admits to an entrenched Goodreads beef and Madeleine has some thoughts about ice cream. Listen in!
Crow and Chestnut, signing out.
CW: Broad discussion of child abuse.
EPISODE MEDIA
Interview with Akwaeke Emezi in Teen Vogue
Life is Strange on Steam (Don\\u2019t let our hesitation to recommend it make you think we didn\\u2019t dress as Chloe and Max for Halloween 6 years ago)
Our episode on The Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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