Josie Burgess & Ricky Hannaway
This week, Josie Burgess and Ricky Hannaway discuss books of special interest to them. Josie chats about short stories collection ‘A' Ghlainne agus sgeulachdan eile', by Màiri E. NicLeòid and reads a comical excerpt from ‘An Detox'. She also discusses a moving story by author JoJo Moyes, ‘Me Before You'. Ricky has selected the WWII classic set in Japan - ‘Empire of the Sun' by JG Ballard - to discuss, along with a poignant insight into mental health with the fictional novel ‘The Trick is to Keep Breathing', penned by Janice Galloway.
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