In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave. When she first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he’s drowning. She saves his life – and this will happen again and again. Neither understand Read More …
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SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
In a hidden home amongst the trees, a human named Victor lives peacefully with three very different robots. Their life is turned upside down when they rescue a mysterious android, uncovering a violent past that puts them in danger. When Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
Food is an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup in the shadow of the Pantheon, duck à l’orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Instant by Amy Liptrott
This month’s read is a memoir telling how Amy leaves her isolated life on an Orkney island to move to Berlin in search of new experiences, work, and love. Through a year there, she explores its nightlife, wildlife, and online Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
This month we read the story of the women whose lives were affected by the actions of a convicted murderer awaiting execution. Ansel Packer wants to be remembered, but this isn’t his story. Instead we hear from Lavender, his troubled Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
This month’s read was The Rest of Our Lives, a donation from the publisher in return for an unbiased review. After his wife’s affair, Tom promises himself he’ll leave her when their children have grown up. Fast forward 12 years Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Peaky Blinders: the real story by Carl Chinn
Made famous by the hit TV series Peaky Blinders, the razor-wielding Shelby family have captured audiences but did they truly exist? Historian Carl Chinn uncovers the truth behind the notorious Birmingham gang, and discovers that one of the original Peaky Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English
Timbuktu, a place long mythologised in the Western imagination as the “African El Dorado” was once a thriving medieval centre of learning, home to thousands of priceless manuscripts . In 2012, the city faced a new threat when jihadists linked Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
“It’s always three, isn’t it? Three furies, three fates, three graces. Science still has no explanation for the number three, but women instinctively feel its power. We don’t know why three works, but we know it does. Three is the Read More …
What did Santa bring SWFT this Christmas?
At SWFT’s January Wellbeing Reading Group, we chatted about our current reads as well as what we read during the Christmas season. We collected a list of the great titles which might inspire your next read, so here are some Read More …