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By Kate Marshall. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sorry For Your Loss tells the story of Kate Marshall, who has spent the last year working at a mortuary within an NHS hospital. The book recounts her experiences, particularly memorable patients and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed her job, and her perspective on it, forever. As
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By Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami, the bestselling Japanese author known for his elusive nature, steps into the spotlight in this collection of essays. Addressing various aspects of writing, literature awards, and the challenges faced by novelists, Murakami provides an honest and authentic glimpse into his world. Written in an approachable
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By Tracy King. Step into Tracy King's shoes and navigate the landscape of an ordinary council estate just outside Birmingham, a household teeming with creativity, curiosity, and love but tainted by her father's battle with alcoholism and her mother's agoraphobia. By the time Tracy
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On a very wet, and windy, storm 47699753 of the year so far, I was lucky enough to receive the most amazing book mail from Canongate! Here is a summary of each book that I have kindly been sent! There is also a section on my Amazon Store Front for
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A summary of 2023! A little late posting but we've been moving house, building furniture and been on a constant rotation of work/sleep/work/sleep! Join me on a captivating adventure through the pages of my favourite books from 2023! In this video, I share a selection
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By Wendy Joseph QC. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ For years, I've been an avid enthusiast of crime thrillers and detective novels. I relish the adrenaline rush of the chase, the satisfaction of unravelling 'whodunnit,' and witnessing the apprehension of criminals, leading them to justice. But have you ever wondered what
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By Maria Smilios. In the era before antibiotics, when tuberculosis claimed the lives of 1 in 7 individuals, caucasian nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began resigning. Faced with the looming threat of a public health crisis, city officials urgently called upon black, southern nurses,
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By Lisa Ashworth. In Mindset & Meltdowns, Lisa Ashworth opens up about her emotional journey towards parenthood, a path marked by a decade-long struggle that involved five rounds of IVF, personal and medical hurdles, and a downward spiral of her mental health. It was only when Lisa reached her lowest
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This month is like Christmas has come early! Canongate Books have sent out book mail from their latest newsletter and I am buzzing with excitement! Below is a summary of each book! I’m so excited to give these a read, thank you so much to all the authors tagged
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By Jessica Taylor-Bearman. For 12 years, Jessica Taylor-Bearman was imprisoned in a single room by the relentless grip of M.E. But finally, her dreams are coming true – she's pregnant. Yet, her path takes a different turn as she navigates the challenges of becoming a disabled mother in
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By Mae West. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Content Warning: Murder, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Sex Work, Suicide “I knew that for me that was not going to be possible because my mother was Rose West”. ‼️ What's it like growing up in 25 Cromwell Street, famously known as the House of Horrors?
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By The School of Life. The School of Life is an organisation with a mission at its heart: to help foster calm, self-understanding and greater emotional maturity. For the last 15 years, we have produced landmark essays on important life topics, now gathered together for the first time. Among the