An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud
Category Archives: Non fiction
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
Not so much a book as an essay in book form, this little hardback is a treatise on why children’s books should be read by adults too.
All That Remains by Sue Black
The subject of death is discussed with sensitivity by Sue Black, within the context of her work but also as a human being
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The fictionalised true story of Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz – a tale of human survival and the will to endure, as well as love
I Lick My Cheese and Other Notes from the Frontline of Flat-Sharing by Oonagh O’Hagan
A strange little book, crammed with notes written by flatmates with witty and irreverent discussion of and conjecture about, their contents
The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
A wake-up call, raising awareness of the truly wonderful creatures which inhabit our wonderful world and how unlikely they are to thrive
Brother Broken by Cécile Beaulieu
Beaulieu’s memoir is a brutally honest examination of her family’s history and, in particular, her three brothers and their untimely ends
Please Write: Finding Joy and Meaning in the Soulful Art of Handwritten Letters by Lynne Kolze
A book that discusses the joy of the handwritten letter; an art of correspondence and connection that should endure into the future
The Z to Z of Great Britain by Dixe Wills
A book of relative nonsense which is delightful, and perfect for dipping into, and quintessentially British in its eccentricity and humour
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
A view of life as a rock star but through a refreshingly different lens, that of Dave Grohl, one that exudes enthusiasm and love for life
Scuffed Granny 