~ Sal, by Mick Kitson ~ Canongate, 2018 It is hard not to be charmed from the outset at the telling of the story by a precocious 13 year old, who is super protective of her 10 year old sister,...
Set in the 1820 or 1830s, in the Black Country (West Midlands of the UK, previously a coal mining region) this book is about ‘the noble art’ of fisticuffs, or pugilism, or as we know it today, boxing. Most unusually,...
A society in transition
Grief, loss and squash
To undrown, to cry until you don’t need to cry no more
Appalachian Miseries
Dangers of oversimplification
Infidelity, Indian style
The best Marigold Hotel is definitely the film
The sensation-laden internal life of a young teen
Outsidership, through the prism of friendship
Goodnight, sweet prince
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