**** Diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 39, Dr Philippa Kaye knew her life would be changed. Charting her progress from diagnosis to recovery, this book takes the lid off a dreadful disease and its implications for the person concerned, their families and friends. In many ways, this is a fascinating and very…
Category: biographical
‘The Demonologist’ by Gerald Brittle
*** Thought by some to be experts on demonology and exorcism, Ed and Lorraine Warren have many thousands of investigations to their credit. With several movies (such as The Conjuring) based on the Warrens’ experiences, this should be a fascinating book. However. It’s certainly true to say there are some chilling stories in The Demonologist,…
‘Mrs Hemingway’ by Naomi Wood
***** Beginning in the summer of 1926, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley move from Paris to a villa in the south of France. Spending their time drinking, swimming and playing cards they mix with a bevy of guests including Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and the seemingly ever-present Pauline (Fife) Pfeiffer. As Fife progresses from…
Colin Garrow 