'The Leveret' by Anna Goldreich

It's called The Leveret, and it's written by Anna Goldreich, who I'm very pleased to say joins me now in the studio.

Welcome, Anna, to the Radio 2 Book Club.

Hello.

Hello.

Congratulations on your debut novel after all that hard work-

[laughs]

... all those lonely hours with your laptop.

[laughs]

Banging your head against a brick wall-

Yeah.

[laughs]

... uh, saying, "When will this end? When will this end?"

[laughs]

Uh, the book is out.

The Leveret is out there now.

How does that feel?

Really, really strange.

[laughs]

It's a really strange thing.

I've been getting messages from people being like, "I've, I saw your book in Waterstones," or like, "I read your book," and it's just really odd.

It just doesn't...

And, and I look at the book, and it doesn't feel like a real, um, thing.

It feels pretend, like a pretend book.

Like-

Most authors when I ask them how it feels that the book is out, they all say, "God, it's kinda weird."

It's called The Leveret, and it's written by Anna Goldreich, who I'm very pleased to say joins me now in the studio.

Welcome, Anna, to the Radio 2 Book Club.

Hello.

Hello.

Congratulations on your debut novel after all that hard work-

[laughs]

... all those lonely hours with your laptop.

[laughs]

Banging your head against a brick wall-

Yeah.

[laughs]

... uh, saying, "When will this end? When will this end?"

[laughs]

Uh, the book is out.

The Leveret is out there now.

How does that feel?

Really, really strange.

[laughs]

It's a really strange thing.

I've been getting messages from people being like, "I've, I saw your book in Waterstones," or like, "I read your book," and it's just really odd.

It just doesn't...

And, and I look at the book, and it doesn't feel like a real, um, thing.

It feels pretend, like a pretend book.

Like-

Most authors when I ask them how it feels that the book is out, they all say, "God, it's kinda weird."