S11 Episode 1 - Loneliness (Any Way The Wind Blows)

Marginalia Pod

It’s time to wrap up the Carry On trilogy! For season 11, we read the final book in the series, Any Way The Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell. You can check out season 6 for Carry On and season 9 for Wayward Son. Our theme for chapters 1-10 is loneliness, and we’re also picking up the ongoing theme of expectations.

In this section, we meet Lady Ruth - Lucy’s mother! She is looking now for her son, Jamie, who has also gone missing. Simon gets an unexpected inheritance. Penny takes Shepard home for a consultation but it goes poorly. Baz bails his ungrateful aunt out of jail, and then gets stuck in Oxford for a week helping out his father. The question is, where’s Daphne?? Meanwhile, Simon is ghosting Baz as he prepares to leave the World of Mages behind, forever.

Content warning: Heads up, at 43 minutes there’s a brief mention of attempted suicide. If this brings up anything for you or anyone you know, please reach out to Lifeline. They are there to help. You can call Lifeline Australia at 13 11 14, or Lifeline New Zealand at 0800 543 354, or look to the show notes for more resources.

We’re also still actively recording this season so if you have thoughts or questions let us know at [e-mail], and we’ll answer them as we go!

You can find the show notes on the website.

This episode was recorded on 22 July 2023.

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