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Sue Black's Top Book Recommendations

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1

Waiting for the Last Bus

Reflections on Life and Death

Richard Holloway | 4.42

Recommended by Sue Black, and 1 others.

Sue BlackIt is a small book that is enormous in terms of its reach. It makes you think at levels you didn’t think you had the ability to have some opinion about. It also opens up doors that you didn’t even know were there. (Source)

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2

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

Or the letter that was never sent to Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #2)

rachel joyce | 4.22

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.

When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note to him had explained she was dying from cancer. How can she wait?

A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write a second letter; only this time she must tell Harold the truth. Composing this letter, the volunteer promises, will ensure Queenie hangs on.... more
Recommended by Sue Black, and 1 others.

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3

The Trick to Time

Kit De Waal | 4.22

Mona is a dollmaker. She crafts beautiful, handmade wooden dolls in her workshop in a sleepy seaside town. Every doll is special. Every doll has a name. And every doll has a hidden meaning, from a past Mona has never accepted.

Each new doll takes Mona back to a different time entirely - back to Birmingham, in 1972. Back to the thrill of being a young Irish girl in a big city, with a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. Back to her first night out in town, where she meets William, a gentle Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. Back to their whirlwind... more
Recommended by Sue Black, and 1 others.

Sue BlackI thought it was really beautiful. It was talking about a subject that we don’t normally discuss. When somebody loses a baby, as the chaplain at my university says, we tend to use soft words spoken at a safe distance. And when you’re in grief, that’s not what you need. (Source)

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4

Death, Dissection And The Destitute

The Politics Of The Corpse In Pre Victorian Britain

Ruth Richardson | 4.40

Recommended by Sue Black, and 1 others.

Sue BlackRuth Richardson is probably one of the most methodical historians that I’ve ever come across. She really looked at the entire world associated with anatomy and how it reflected and impacted upon society at the time. (Source)

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5

Unnatural Causes

Richard Shepherd | 4.53

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead. When death is sudden or unexplained, it falls to Shepherd to establish the cause. Each post-mortem is a detective story in its own right - and Shepherd has performed over 23,000 of them. Through his skill, dedication and insight, Dr Shepherd solves the puzzle to answer our most pressing question: how did this person die?

From serial killer to natural disaster, 'perfect murder' to freak accident, Shepherd takes nothing for granted in pursuit of truth. And while he's... more
Recommended by Sue Black, and 1 others.

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