First Chapter book reviews: this week there’s all kinds of self-help on offerThis week there’s all kinds of self-help on offer, with all kinds of different messages. If she survived it (and, of course, she did), she was going to change everything about the way she lived. In a recent interview about the book, she said a super-supportive partner is a real essential on this journey. The Island of Longing, Anne Griffin, Sceptre, €16.99To lose a child is probably the biggest threat imaginable to any mother. A remarkable story, beautifully and sensitively told, about love, loss and putting the pieces back together in a broken life.

Source: Irish Independent June 10, 2023 15:16 UTC