Around the world in 12 books ️

Let's curl up and chat about books whilst resisting the urge to book a holiday during a P-. Here's your Babbel link to get 3+3 (buy a subscription for 3 months, get access for 6 months in total) https://go.babbel.com/t?utm_term=generic_v1&bsc=ps-leena-influencer&btp=default&utm_content=Influencer..Leena..YouTube..ENG My google map of the books and their locations: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1kwwYYn7ALOnUMLvUM28idA9hJeHrCqzB&usp=sharing 00:00 intro 03:17 Wales - Resistance by Owen Sheers 05:25 Jeju, Korea - White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht (Haenyeo (해녀; lit. "sea women") are female divers in the Korean province of Jeju. Article on it: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/sea-women-south-korea) 08:42 Burundi - Small Country by Gaël Faye 09:30 Haiti - Ayiti by Roxane Gay 10:23 Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata airport) - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo 10:53 Tokyo - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 11:52 Istanbul - Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak 13:09 France - The Rest of Their Lives by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent 14:22 Reykjavik, Iceland - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjon 15:25 Australia - Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko 16:23 Lahore, Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 17:29 Chile - A Long Petal Of The Sea by Isabel Allende JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: https://www.patreon.com/thegumptionclub IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: https://leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe This video was sponsored by Babbel. // COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS // INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/leenanorms TWITTER: https://twitter.com/leenanorms Roll up, roll up, for your SEO paragraph. Armchair travel is an underrated activity, so here I am with some literature from around the world to whizz you around the globe without ever spending a carbon toe. Whether you're looking for a holiday beach read or just some escapism from your sofa, join me on a journey from the Welsh valleys to a cafe in Lahore. This isn't exactly international relations, but it's a start.

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