Overcoming by Vicky Phelan
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All in a Doctor’s Day by Dr Lucia Gannon
‘I liked to take the patient’s jacket or coat and hang it up while they
All in a Doctor’s Day by Lucia Gannon
‘Medicine has limits. Human kindness does not.’ All in a Doctor’s Day contains the memoirs of
Constellations: Reflections From Life by Sinéad Gleeson
In her essay titled ‘60,000 Miles of Blood’, Sinéad Gleeson offers a humble explanation as
Minor Monuments by Ian Maleney
People are calling this the golden age of essay writing, as more and more writers
Constellations by Sinéad Gleeson
‘Here is the fierce joy and pain of being alive.’ So reads the last line
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
‘I write this now to reclaim those parts of me that for so long I
Becoming by Michelle Obama
‘Let’s invite one another in. Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make
Swerving to Solitude: Letters to Mama by Keki Daruwalla
Swerving to Solitude – Letters to Mama is the thoughtfully layered story of Seema, a
Till the Cows Come Home by Lorna Sixsmith
‘One Farm. Two worlds. Three Generations.’ Till the Cows Come Home is the latest book from
The Wife’s Tale by Aida Edemariam
‘A ring was threaded onto her third finger, another onto the man’s. It would be
Brave by Rose McGowan
“Hello fellow human, pleased to meet you. My name is Rose McGowan and I am
A Memoir Full of Summers: Friends with the Enemy by Val Mulkerns
Every now and then you pick up a book and begin to read it –
Porcelain – A Memoir by Moby
From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender,
The Dead Beside Us by Tony Doherty
When your da dies so suddenly, killed by a soldier’s bullet, it does things to
Justice for Laughing Boy: Connor Sparrowhawk – A Death by Indifference by Sara Ryan
There was no justice for LB. Connor Sparrowhawk was eighteen years old when he died
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Looking Death in the Eye Having endured the emotional battering of reading Paul Kalanithi’s When
Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir by Doron Weber
A Beautiful Life Immortal Bird, by Doron Weber. Simon & Schuster. 2012. 358 Pages. Immortal
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books by John Carey
Orcs, pubs and evensong… The spires are dreamy against a stark blue sky. It is
Between Black Death and Red Plague
This small book makes a big impact. The narrative ‘voice’ is authentic and utterly compelling,
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