Blues, slave songs and the decadant glamour of the Deep South. My Undercover Soundtrack guest this week stirs up a heady mix for her novel about an Englishwoman in the 1850s who marries a charming American – and discovers he owns a plantation with 700 slaves. Sanjida O’Connell will be here on Wednesday talking about the music that helped her write Sugar Island
‘Blues took me to the swamps of the Deep South, and the heart-rending misery Emily encounters’ – Sanjida O’Connell
My Memories of a Future Life 