Florence James

So have you got a book that is definitely going on your list? Look, there's a book that was published in 1951, but it came into being during the 1940s.

And that's Dymphna Cusack and Florence James' novel of Sydney called Come in Spinner.

And I really love it because it's daring, it's audacious, it's sexy.

It's the lives of women working in a hotel in Sydney during World War II.

Susanne accepts it'll be fabulous and it'll be very exciting.

Now, Dymphna Cusack, is that who wrote Come in Spinning? It

was written by two women, Florence James and Dymphna Cusack.

Well, Robin is just saying that Dymphna Cusack is my mum's cousin.

And number two, your second choice.

So the second book is a book of fiction, Come in Spinner by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James.

And it's a great World War II novel.

It's sprawling, but also very sharply observed.