How had I not read Cutting for Stone before? From Ethiopia to New York, Abraham…
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn: finding strength and facing illness with a 630-mile hike
“Most people go through their whole lives without answering their own questions: What am I,…
The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler: a haunting tale of friendship in Nazi-occupied Vienna
From the author of one of my favourite books comes a heartbreaking story about a…
Taking inventory of your life after loss and heartbreak with Poorna Bell’s In Search of Silence
“Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief…
Nick Cave’s chosen “sad poem of loss”: “The Widower in the Country” by Les Murray
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012. Image credit Sally May Mills. I was very saddened…
Poetry for Letting Go: In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver
Lately I’ve been reflecting on good poems to learn by heart, and “In Blackwater Woods”…
A Lesson in Grief and Illness from Our Poorly Dog
Yesterday morning our eldest sheepdog, Nell, had to be lifted out from her run, where…