Book Review - I am an Island - Tamsin Calidas
A tough but inspiring memoir about surviving grief, loss and extreme loneliness on a remote Scottish Island.
Audiobook Review - The end of the affair - Graham Greene, read by Colin Firth
Graham Greenes story of a love affair in Post War London is masterfully narrated by Colin Firth.
Book Review - The Saints of Swallow Hill - Donna Everhart
Strong work of historical fiction, following Rae Lynn and Del Reese in the turpentine camps of North Carolina, during the Great Depression. With both strong characters and a sense of place and time, could this be this years ‘Crawdads’?
Book Review - Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
It seems that everyone has read Shuggie Bain by now so I thought it was about time I posted my review on an incredibly immersive novel that is gritty and depressing, but also about survival and love.
Book Review - The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Nora Seed has had enough and wants to die. She then finds herself in the midnight library, where she can access all the lives she could have had. It could have been incredibly twee, but instead Matt Haig has written a book with empathy and hope at it’s heart.
Book Review - Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
Five First Nation children and how they survive in the years after they have been released from the Canadian residential school system.
