Archive | December 2023

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay

Dec5

Very Insightful

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay is a very insightful book about the life of a junior doctor over the years.

It is written in the form of diary entries. Adam Kay specialised in obstetrics and gynecology.

Adam Kay has a very personable style and is highly humorous. Humor is used to cope through some very stressful situations.

We see that at all stages, doctors are over worked, often continuing working long after their shifts officially ended. They are dedicated to the patients they serve.

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Christmas At Battersea, with foreword by Paul O’Grady

Dec5

Heart Warming

Christmas At Battersea is a delightful collection of fourteen stories of animal rescue and rehoming. The foreword is written by the late, great, compassionate Paul O’Grady.

Each story is heart warming and heart breaking – dogs and cats in desperate need of rescue. We see the terrible conditions some are found in, as hearts and homes are opened to the animals in need.

The dogs and cats need rescuing but often they are the rescuers too. We hear of both human and animal hearts broken by loss, as new animals help to heal those sad souls. Animals give out unconditional love.

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The Library Girls Of The East End by Patricia McBride

Dec1

The Heart Of The Community

 The Library Girls Of The East End by Patricia McBride is the start of a fabulous new historical series set during World War II.

Everyone does their bit for the war effort. The library has a new female boss to join the other two female workers. It is a new era with fresh ideas. The library becomes the heart of the community. No longer a dusty space, it is light and bright, serving the locals with books, health and a safe space during air raids.

All three women have lives that can be challenging. We see a wayward brother, a victim of a vicious attack and rape from years ago and a poison-tongued grandmother. Each women tries to leave their troubles at home until they feel comfortable sharing about their lives.

We see how the tongue can wound. “Her mother’s harsh voice was always whispering in her ear that she was useless, ugly, unlovable.” The tongue-lashing came to a mother when she was young, and is now being directed towards her daughter until enough is enough.

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