If you follow this blog you will already know how much I love Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. I was most interested to see this week that the US Publishers Weekly magazine has chosen it as one of the 10 books that really stands out from everything else published this year.
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Finally, we are allowed to talk about this book, and you can bet your life that QANTAS won’t be happy.
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I was still unprepared for the emotional battering of David Small’s graphic memoir, Stitches: A Memoir.
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This book is brilliant and I don’t know why it hasn’t been written before. I can think of half a dozen people in my immediate circle who would fall on this with gratitude as they try and navigate their way through the minefield of options and institutions when it comes to trying to get appropriate support for the ageing and carers.
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A Life on Pittwater is very warm and vibrant . This book is beautiful to look at, a treat to read, and an absolute celebration of community.
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