Lea Ypi On Freedom, Communism And Growing Up In Albania In Free
Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa | 14 jul 2026 | 01:06:04
For her July Service95 Book Club interview, Dua Lipa is joined by award-winning author and academic Lea Ypi to discuss Free, Lea’s internationally acclaimed memoir, which recounts her childhood in Albania during the collapse of communism.
From hidden family histories and state surveillance to protest and modern-day Albania, Dua and Lea explore how political systems continue to shape individual lives, collective memory and the country’s evolving identity, returning to the question at the heart of the book: what does it really mean to be free?
Watch (or listen to) the full conversation here to delve deeper into Free, Dua Lipa’s Monthly Read for the Service95 Book Club.
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From hidden family histories and state surveillance to protest and modern-day Albania, Dua and Lea explore how political systems continue to shape individual lives, collective memory and the country’s evolving identity, returning to the question at the heart of the book: what does it really mean to be free?
Watch (or listen to) the full conversation here to delve deeper into Free, Dua Lipa’s Monthly Read for the Service95 Book Club.
Join the club:
📩 Email us your thoughts – [email protected]
📲 Follow @service95bookclub on Instagram for more author interviews
📚 Subscribe to the Service95 Book Club newsletter – and be the first to discover Dua’s next pick – at service95.com
And don’t forget to hit ‘subscribe’ wherever you get your podcasts
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