Isolation cast #7: Gavanndra Hodge on grief, family trauma and anxiety

My guest this week is the phenomenal Gavanndra Hodge, whose memoir The Consequences of Love is undoubtedly one of this year’s most hotly-anticipated books. Growing up, Gavanndra had the most extraordinary home life - her father was a drug dealer and hairdresser to the fast-living Chelsea set and, when she was 14, her sister Candy died in front of her while the family were on holiday. It was only many years later, once she had two small daughters and had worked her way up the journalism ladder to become deputy editor of Tatler, that Gavanndra began to confront her past. I loved talking to her about all of this, as well as about writing and life in lockdown - and in particular how she's coping with her tendency to catastrophise and the latent anxiety the pandemic could have brought to the fore. She was so generous and open and I hope you enjoy listening to her as much as I did.

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Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Consequences-Love-Gavanndra-Hodge/dp/024141332X

Edited by Chelsey Moore