The next book to be featured on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is Who Wants to Live Forever, the compelling and thought-provoking debut novel by Hanna Thomas Uose. The book was released on 27 March and Hanna’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 1 April.
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Who Wants to Live Forever
Yuki and Sam are soulmates.
They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.
They are supposed to love one another, forever.
But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human’s life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever – and the world they know is spun inside out.
Who Wants to Live Forever plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?
About the author
Hanna Thomas Uose is a British Japanese writer living in London. In 2023, she completed the MA in Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia. In 2022, she won the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour and was shortlisted for the Orion/DHA Space to Write Project. She was also selected for the Asian Women Writers mentorship programme. Hanna has spent the last sixteen years working in advocacy and campaigns with organisations such as 350.org, Free Tibet, Greenpeace International, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Level Up, Liberty, and UN Global Pulse.
A word from Hannah
“I was thrilled to hear that Who Wants to Live Forever had been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, especially when I discovered that the panel was made up of library staff and other reading experts and that they had put the book through its paces with a rigorous selection process! It feels very meaningful to me that librarians have chosen this book (people who care primarily about finding a great read for their communities and who aren’t subject to hype or commerce), especially at a time when libraries need more support than ever. I can’t wait to see my book on library shelves and will be making good use of my local library as I begin my next writing project. Thank you so much to Radio 2 and The Reading Agency!”
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Our brand new college book club would love the chance to read and review this compelling and thought-provoking novel. It will be so insightful to hear the views of our 16 to 18 year old students, on the concept of who wants to live forever. A great conversation starter and springboard to take a deeper dive into the idea of living forever and the fallout of the decisions individuals make and the impact it has on their lives and relationships. This will make a great first read for our learners.