Book Reviews: Grief

 
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Old Babes in the Woods

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A dazzling collection of fifteen stories from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.

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Old Babes in the Woods

Dear Reader

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Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another.

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The Bookshop of Yesterdays

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The Bookshop of Yesterdays is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It's a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we...

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If Only I Could Tell You

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Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty...

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And the Stars Were Burning Brightly

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Al was a bright and talented young man with a loving family so what caused him to think that suicide was his only option? That is the question playing on fifteen-year-old Nate’s mind after the death...

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When I Had a Little Sister

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When did she decide to die? Was it before midnight on Friday the 6th, because she couldn’t face another night or was it before dawn on Saturday the 7th because she couldn’t face another...

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When I Had a Little Sister

When All Is Said

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Maurice Hannigan is sat alone in a hotel bar when the tale begins. Over the course of the evening he toasts five people who have had a significant impact on his life and will have an impact on the...

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When All Is Said

Once Upon a River

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On the night of the Winter Solstice in an ancient inn on the Thames, the locals are telling stories when the door bursts open and a badly injured man comes in with the corpse of a little girl in his...

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Ask Me His Name

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Dear Reader, When I found myself experiencing a motherhood that I never expected, one that I was terrified of living, I didn't know how I would carry on being "normal." I didn't...

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If Cats Disappeared From the World

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Translated from the original Japanese version this is a a moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in life. Our...

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If Cats Disappeared From the World

The Hate U Give

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Starr walks a fine line between two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she grew up and the expensive school her parents have sent her to. In each world she is a different person. Then after a party...

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The Door

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A collection was full of typical Atwood wit on the subjects of ageing, loss and grief in all it’s forms.

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No Further Questions

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Martha’s daughter Layla was just 8 weeks old when she had to go away on business and leave her with her sister Becky. By the time Martha got home her daughter was already dead.

Now her...

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One Little Lie

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Deborah’s son was killed four years ago.

Alice’s son is in prison for killing him.

Deborah would give anything to have her son back, and Alice would do anything to right her...

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One Little Lie

Let Me Lie

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Anna is at home with her 8- week- old daughter Ella when she receives a card through the post. Today isn’t just any day, it is the anniversary of her mother’s suicide, just seven months...

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Let Me Lie

Only Child

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Six year old Zach Taylor is hidden in a cloakroom with his teacher and classmates listening as a gunman roams the halls of his school. By the time he is done he will have claimed 19 victims....

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