From Eve and her apple to Madame Bovary or the Scarlet Letter, stories of adulterous women have long fascinated and scandalised readers, with most heroines meeting a tragic end. Yet author Gina Frangello wanted to avoid telling a cautionary tale with a neat and happy ending, as she recounted the events that shook up her marriage and her sense of self in her unflinching memoir “Blow Down Your House”.
She speaks to us about the genesis of the book and the courage it took to bare herself on the page. We also discuss her childhood in Chicago in the light of recent protests that have brought crowds to the streets calling for an end to police brutality. And she tells us about her pandemic highlight, when she found herself livestreaming her own wedding.
