Lucy Irvine — Castaway with Francesca Segal

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When Lucy Irvine answered a classified ad to play Girl Friday to a real-life Robinson Crusoe on a remote tropical island, she embarked on an enthralling—and at times harrowing—year-long adventure. The result was her bestselling 1983 memoir, Castaway, a beautifully-written tale of survival. We’re diving into Irvine’s unforgettable story with special guest Francesca Segal, whose own island-centric novel, Welcome to Glorious Tuga, was recently optioned for TV by See-Saw Films.
Mentioned in this episode:
amazon.com/Castaway-Lucy-Irvine/dp/B000HT982A by Lucy Irvine
The Lucy Irvine Foundation (lucyirvinefoundationeurope.org)
Welcome to Glorgious Tuga (bookshop.org/p/books/welcome-to-glorious-tuga-…) by Francesca Segal
amazon.com/Runaway-Lucy-Irvine/dp/0394545109?r… and amazon.com/Faraway-Lucy-Irvine/dp/0385600119?r… by Lucy Irvine
The Islander (amazon.com/Islander-Gerald-Kingsland/dp/045005…) by Gerald Kingsland
The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/92872/the-secret-…) by Rosemary Kingsland
Castaway 1986 film trailer (youtube.com/watch?v=wEnkYICfSyU) starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed
Wild (bookshop.org/p/books/wild-from-lost-to-found-o…) by Cheryl Strayed
“Alone” (history.com/shows/alone) on the History Channel
See-Saw Films (see-saw-films.com)
One is One (amazon.com/One-Novel-Lucy-Irvine/dp/0340501537…) by Lucy Irvine
The Innocents (bookshop.org/p/books/the-innocents-francesca-s…) by Francesca Segal

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