Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist and author India Knight and financial adviser Alvin Hall - discuss favourite books by Barbara Pym, Rebecca Skloot and Boris Akunin. Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym Publisher: ViragoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Publisher: Pan MacmillanThe Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher: OrionFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
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