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The Pumpkin Eater with Lucy Scholes

Unburied Books by Dylan Cuellar, Kassia Oset

Jul 25, 202501:39:32Arts

McNally Editions senior editor Lucy Scholes joins the show to talk about Penelope Mortimer's dark novel of marriage and parenthood, the Pumpkin Eater. We discuss the narrator's mysterious identity, her rage at psychoanal...

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The Pumpkin Eater with Lucy Scholes is an episode from Unburied Books by Dylan Cuellar, Kassia Oset. McNally Editions senior editor Lucy Scholes joins the show to talk about Penelope Mortimer's dark novel of marriage and parenthood, the Pum...

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McNally Editions senior editor Lucy Scholes joins the show to talk about Penelope Mortimer's dark novel of marriage and parenthood, the Pumpkin Eater. We discuss the narrator's mysterious identity, her rage at psychoanalysis, and Anne Bancroft's interpretation of her in the 1964 film adaptation. Read Lucy's piece on Mortimer here . Check out Daddy's Gone A-Hunting and The Home . Sign up for our bonus show.

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Published Jul 25, 2025 and 01:39:32 long