The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum—a breathless debut thriller with the soul of an epic love story.
The book was released on 12 March and Tiffany’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 17 March.
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This Story Might Save Your Life
*Benny and Joy like to say that they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met . . .
Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is accused of her murder.*
Best friends Benny and Joy host a beloved ‘comedy survival’ podcast, gleefully finding life-affirming humour in near-death experiences.
When Benny arrives at Joy and her husband’s home one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house.
With Joy missing and the hours ticking by, not even their most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets they have hidden from the world – and from each other.
If Benny wants to find Joy in time, and clear his own name, he’ll have to solve the highest stakes survival story yet.
About the author
Tiffany Crum grew up on a dairy farm just down the road from a maximum-security prison. A longtime Californian, she worked a variety of jobs in the film industry before earning her MFA in creative writing. She now lives in Atlanta with her husband, sons, and dogs, and spends her free time trying to keep her vegetable garden alive. This Story Might Save Your Life is her debut novel.
A word from Tiffany
“When I heard This Story Might Save Your Life had been selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, I was genuinely stunned. Knowing the book was first championed by librarians, the very heartbeat of the reading community, makes the recognition particularly meaningful. Every day, librarians connect readers with books that might change their lives, just as BBC Radio 2 connects listeners with programming that entertains and informs. That’s why it feels especially delightful that this novel about best friends who host a popular comedy survival podcast—built on banter, (sometimes) practical advice, and the unique intimacy of audio storytelling—is being shared here. I’m deeply grateful to Radio 2 and The Reading Agency for this extraordinary honour.”
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