Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Lucy reviews Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott and An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, both of which are longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019. Please share your thoughts in the comments!

Watch our reviews of other longlisted books:
The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker youtu.be/LOtDvhdgUDg
My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite youtu.be/0VQttqL8hFg
Milkman Anna Burns youtu.be/r52UqPQywSM
Circe Madeline Miller youtu.be/1MkA4fUiO-A
Normal People Sally Rooney youtu.be/OrkADbK8BhI
Remembered and Freshwater youtu.be/gnWoe_O18t0
Number One Chinese Restaurant and Ghost Wall youtu.be/iuBFYjUKTKE
Lost Children Archive and Praise Song for the Butterflies youtu.be/6mPtSF_iNL8
Bottled Goods, The Pisces & Ordinary People youtu.be/L20BmfwevQk

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