Lisa and Miriam discuss what her life might have looked like if, when in her twenties, she’d listened to her instinct and not accepted a second date with a man who she didn’t really fancy, a man who went on to control almost every aspect of her life for the next five years. Along the way they discuss the positive and negative effect of peer expectations and how easily women override their intuition in the name of being nice, plus they get Lisa just a little bit of her twenties back.Lisa Jewell's first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999, and since then she has written another eighteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers. She is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author and has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two teenage daughters and the the best dog in the world. Her most recent novel, The Family Remains, is out now and available in all good bookshops.Make sure to subscribe to hear the rest of Season 2 – in each episode, Miriam Robinson interviews a guest about a path their life might have taken and together, step by step, they write the stories of their unlived lives. Produced by Neil Mason #MyUnlivedLife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.