Cassie McCullagh

The writer Lisa Genova from a 2016 interview with Lynne Malcolm, our guest here on the Bookshelf.

She's also the host of All in the Mind on RN.

And we'll put a link to your interview, Lynne, on the Bookshelf website.

It's a fantastic interview.

And that's before he gets unwell.

What a heroic act, in fact.

And I suppose it happens.

What, like toileting and stuff like that?

Hang on, hang on.

What's peg fed like?

So she's using fiction as a vehicle to get this information out, to explain it to people and maybe even open their eyes to something that's going on in their life.

You could even give a book like this to somebody who might be in danger of experiencing it in a way.

It's a great setup, regardless of the other intent the author has.

God bless Medicare.

I didn't realise you were a nurse as well.

This is The Bookshelf.

I'm Cassie McCullough.

With me, as always, is Kate Evans.

And our guests today are Fiona Lowe, writer, and Lynne Malcolm, who is the host of All In The Mind on Radio National.

Now, what's on your TBR pile to be read?