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Lost for Words
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From the bestselling author of the Patrick Melrose novels, this is a thought-provoking and...
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My Gun Was as Tall as Me
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High in the Alps, Tuvol, the son of a great European humanitarian, crawls into a snow hole in a...
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Girl at War
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Growing up in Zagreb in the summer of 1991, 10-year-old Ana Juric is a carefree tomboy; she runs the...
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Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto: Vol. 3
Book
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto is an award-winning manga series that has taken Japan by storm since...
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White Teeth
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Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of...
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Chicken Dust
Book
Oh this ain't a farm. This is a loading dock. No such things as farms anymore, not around here. A...
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Swiss Army Man (2016)
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Hilarious yet deeply affecting, SWISS ARMY MAN tells the tale of Hank (Paul Dano); stranded on a...
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Colin Newman recommended Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go Team in Music (curated)
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Darren Hayman recommended The Haden Triplets by The Haden Triplets in Music (curated)
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ClareR (5642 KP) rated Boys Don’t Cry in Books
May 18, 2021
Joe at 17, is the brother left to deal with the death of his 12 year old brother. His father manages to get himself in to trouble, and in to prison. His mother can’t cope. And Joe is struggling too. He is in an environment where it is all too easy for him to take the wrong path and end up like his father. Involved with the wrong people and in prison.
We see flashbacks to Finn as he is diagnosed with Leukaemia and how he copes with the treatment. He is such a happy, generous boy, who worries more about everyone else than about himself.
I don’t want to give much away, but Fiona Scarlett has created two boys who are wonderful human beings, despite the hand that has been dealt to them.
I adored this book. It still gives me a lump in my throat when I’m writing about it, never mind speaking to people about it - I’ll point them in this direction, I think.
It’s like the meme that says “This book has destroyed me and broken my heart. You MUST read it”
So yeah, just read it.