00:00Welcome to The Weekend in 60 Seconds. I'm Kelsey, and I've created your weekend lineup so you don't have to.
00:05Amazon's new young adult drama, Sterling Point, has landed, and The Hollywood Reporter said it's blessed with unusual wit and
00:11sensitivity and stands out as something special.
00:14The coming-of-age tale follows 17-year-old Annie, who discovers she's inherited a house on an idyllic Canadian
00:20island,
00:21and embarks on a trip to her late mother's hometown, where she discovers secrets she never anticipated.
00:26If escapism is the brief, then Sterling Point fulfills it expertly, said Micah Fraser Carroll in The Guardian.
00:33Next up, if you're looking for a new listen, try Sisters of Defiance.
00:37The Times said this thoughtful podcast has an almost nostalgic flavor of naughty girlboss feminism.
00:43Countryfile and Women's Hour presenter Anita Rani invites female guests to tell their stories through moments when they're disrupted a
00:50space and been defiant and unapologetic.
00:52And if you're adding to your summer book collection, consider reading Pemiya Gouda's very novel, One Leg, One Earth.
00:59The story follows Piyosoye, a 23-year-old woman who moves to Lagos to start a new life, but soon
01:05finds herself pregnant during a mysterious wave of suicides.
01:09And that's your Weekend in 60 Seconds.
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