Book Club Meets: Meeting his ex, jealousy, and heartbreak, with Aisha Muharrar

Happy Place with Fearne Cotton

Friday, 3 October 2025 - 34 minutes

Loved Ones – the Happy Place Book Club pick for September – tells the story of Julia, whose first love Gabe dies aged 29, launching her into a world-wide quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world. It also brings her into contact with the last woman Gabe loved...In this chat, Fearne and author Aisha Muharrar wonder what would happen if you met others who had dated the same person as you. Would you get on and have loads in common? Or would there be intense jealousy? They also explore the strange idea that different people know and love very different sides of you.Aisha was a script writer on TV show Parks and Recreation, and she brings that comedy and levity to the messy topic of grief in Loved Ones. Writing her debut novel was very much a new challenge though – Aisha explains to Fearne why she pretty much had to re-write the whole book!Enter our competition with Bookshop.org to be in with a chance of winning books for life here: https://woobox.com/9jfwesThank you to Fourth Estate for the use of Loved One audiobook, narrated by Emma Ladji.If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like: Book Club Meets: Cally Beaton Book Club Meets: Emily Henry Book Club Meets: Lorna Tucker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.