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I hope you'll all pick up Alex Hemingsley's book after listening to her somebody to love comes out and paperback on the 24th of March in the UK. She's also got a novel coming out soon too as she talked about under the same stars which I've not had the privilege of reading yet but I'm sure it would be greatShe's one of our really enduringly readable voices in the UK, maybe you guys are discovering it for the first time. My big crisis this week is that my staircase has been found to have woodworm and also that it has never been attached to the wall or at least not for a long time so luckily we haven't ever fallen through it

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to journalist and writer Alexandra Heminsley, author of Some Body to Love. After infertility treatment, a challenging pregnancy and a sexual assault, Alex found her relationship drifting apart for reasons she couldn’t fully understand. But when her partner finally disclosed that they wanted to transition to being a woman, Alex had to come to terms with something she never expected: being part of a LBTQIA+ family. In this conversation, she explores her compassionate response to her former partner’s needs, how it has changed her viewpoint on life, and how life can be remade in the face of the unexpected.

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