Summer 2015, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh “No, it’s not cancer.” My body begins to relax at the young and energetic doctor’s words. Not cancer. The sight loss, paralysis, memory gaps . . . It’s not what I most feared. My husband is sitting next to me in another grotty plastic visitors’ chair. He shoots me … More Learning I’ve got MS
Half a dozen astronauts circle the planet earth from outer space in this odd, rhapsodic novel about a gravity-free voyage in which the travellers see everything – food, water, cutlery, sleep, sex, toilet arrangements, themselves – from a different angle. In many ways, it’s a story about our planet as seen by outsiders. And, also, … More Orbital – Samantha Harvey
By Nell Fowler Orphaned heroine H spends most of this novel fighting to survive life in 17th century London, making a gutsy if slightly unbelievable protagonist as she battles fire, plague, rape, childbirth, heartache, prostitution and evil, thieving relatives with good humour and vim. The engaging H needs all the courage she can muster when … More Decoding the Strange Adventures of H
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