The Boldness of Betty
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard May 2026 on Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
The general take
David Frayne has a personal connection to The Boldness of Betty through his sister-in-law's authorship, calling it an amazing YA series with beautiful books. He seems genuinely enthusiastic about it, though his comments were cut off before fully developing his thoughts on what makes the series stand out.
About
Dublin workers unite after pay cuts trigger a strike that reshapes their city and resolves Dublin 1913 My name is Betty Rafferty. A few weeks ago I had to leave school and go out to work in a cake shop, serving fancy cakes to rude, rich people. No choice. But since then so much has happened. It all started when old Miss Warby took our pay away. And we walked out! The whole city – well, all us union members – are going out on strike. Even my dog Earnshaw has joined in! Life on the picket line in the lashing rain isn’t much fun. Lots of people, like Peter Lawlor, just don’t understand how unfair everything is. But we workers have to stand together – no matter what!
Who said what
- DF
David Frayne👍 Recommends
…asking guest about books visible on bookshelf during video call
“Love to ask this to people when I'm on zoom with them and they have books behind them. Will you just randomly pick one book up out from behind you and tell us what the title is. What the title is? Yeah. Oh, I'm going to pick this one because my, uh, my sister-in-law wrote it. The Boldness of Betty. Oh, the Boldness of Betty. It's an amazing series of kind of YA books. They're beautiful. Always looking for a new book. Thank you for that, Rick.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Da'Vine Joy Randolphat 09:05
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