Bedside Reading
A medical humanities podcast where we explore themes from fiction, memoir and other non traditional non-textbooks which help to make us better at what we do.
Hosted by Dr Tara George, a GP and medical educator, in each episode a different guest explores a book that has changed their practice. Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social Facebook or Instagram @bedsidereadingpodcast. If you'd like to recommend a book or to come on the podcast as a guest please email: bedsidereadingpodcast@gmail.com. Episodes hosted by Tara George, edited by Levi Gee
Bedside Reading
The Good People
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What a treat to welcome Maddy Hover (aka the best read zombie fiction fan known to facebook) to Bedside Reading at long last.
We are talking about The Good People by Hannah Kent and the challenges of raising children with a difference, the effects of poverty and judgement and why we want society to be so much better, kinder, less harsh than 1830s Ireland and how we fear this is not always the case.
Kent took as inspiration for her novel the story of the death of Michael Leahy and the trial of Anne Roche who advised for him to be bathed in the river Flesk every morning to drive out the fairies who had replaced him with a changling, sadly he died by drowning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Leahy#:~:text=Ann%20Roche%20was%20indicted%20for,the%20river%20Flesk%20every%20morning.
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