24. Johnny and the Dead - Terry Pratchett

In which you get a peek behind the curtain and hear Aife discover in real time that we’re going to have cake!!! Ciara and Aífe talk about Johnny and the Dead, the second book in The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy by Terry Pratchett, Aífe’s favourite author. Discussion points include people who were Very Nearly famous, the place of the dead in society, the importance of local politics, and the great pinball machine that is life. Content warnings for: Brief references to child abuse and child neglect, mentions of fascism and nazi imagery, brief discussions of suicide and social stigma around suicide. To help with the Australian Wild Fires please consider a donation to Red Cross Australia https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donate or by giving to this GoFundMe for First Nations Relief https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a few coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as applicable! We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)