The book is life-affirming rather than depressing, and reminds us to cherish each moment we’re alive.
Before I die
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Before I die
Book of the Month – Wild by Cheryl Strayed
If you are looking for a guidebook to walking from the Mojave desert to Washington state, you’ve picked up the wrong book. If you want to follow the tale of a young woman’s growth as she sheds layers of hurt along with her toenails (not for the squeamish!) then this could be the book for you.
Child of All Nations
This is a fascinating read about a time when children had more freedom, the old order was being challenged and Europe was in turmoil.
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This is by no means easy reading. I found I could only manage a few chapters at a time before turning to something more cheerful, but I always came back to it. It’s an important story which happened within living memory and we should never forget the barbarism, but also the courage and instinct for survival, of which humans are capable.
Read, Relax, Recharge is having an Easter break
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Mavis’s shoes
Jenny recommends: Mavis’s shoes by Sue Reid-Sexton It is March 1941, during the Second World War, and Lenny Gillespie, aged 9, is on the streets of Clydebank after the Germans […]