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A Grandmother's Life

Celia Robertson on Who Was Sophie?

Celia Robertson

Celia Robertson talks about the search for the truth about her grandmother in Who Was Sophie?

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Waste Watch

Mark Johnson's story donated to prisons

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The Aldridge Foundation and The Prince’s Trust are donating 2,500 copies of Mark Johnson's book Wasted to every prison in the UK.

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Things the Grandchildren Should Know

Things the Grandchildren Should Know

Mark Oliver Everett

How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of...

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An Angel at My Table

An Angel at My Table

Janet Frame Introduced by Jane Campion

‘One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century … A journey from luminous childhood, through the dark experiences of supposed madness, to the renewal of her life through writing fiction...

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Willa Cather: A Life Saved up

Willa Cather: A Life Saved up

Hermione Lee

A biography of Willa Cather (1873-1947), who spent years working as a journalist, teacher and editor of a New York magazine whose deepest feelings were directed towards women. Her friendships from...

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The Road of Lost Innocence

The Road of Lost Innocence

Somaly Mam

Somaly Mam was abandoned as a baby and looked after by her grandmother until she disappeared. She was then taken into the care of a man she called 'grandfather', but was treated no better than an...

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