Month: June 2025

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Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie
June 26, 2025June 26, 2025
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A police drama. A feminist novel. Both markers in my journey to trusting my judgement again. ‘The Rookie’ and Meena Kandasamy’s debut novel were soul mirrors.

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Notes In The Margin: ‘The Collected Regrets Of Clover’ – Mikki Brammer
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
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A stranger gave me ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover’ in a rare act of generosity. The book gently looks at the messiness & mundaneity of grief.

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