In this book, Madison Salters has curated nine cases of murder and crime that involve influencers, either as victims or perpetrators, from all over the world. Cases like Trey Sesler, Pekka-Eric Auvinen and Yuka Takaoka and more, each of which explore how this recently emerging career path, that of influencer or content creator, has created …
Meg Kissinger grew up in a family of 8, a rag tag bunch of kids in a loving home, but she also grew up hiding a secret: both of her parents were mentally ill and no one was talking about it. From her mother disappearing from the home for periods of time, to siblings struggling …
We Spread is the third novel from the author, whose name may be familiar from I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, which was adapted by Netflix, and Foe, which is also being made into a film. His books explore things like existential dread and ideas about the human condition which get under our skin and keep …
Kati Morton has a popular YouTube and social media presence sharing her advice and knowledge of psychology with her viewers. This is her second book and focuses on trauma, PTSD and emotional stress, with a nod to issues arising from recent world events, like our increasing online lives and the pandemic. On the whole, it's …
Set in North West London, Ruth is woken by a scream one night, and later thinks she sees something, on her quiet cul-de-sac. But no one will believe her and she's not sure that she can believe herself, because after the birth of her baby, she experienced post partum psychosis. Her delusions were strong enough …
Phew! How can I describe this book.... I feel exhausted after reading it. The cover of the book hints that it's the story of a man who rescues a magpie and then it becomes the link that leads him to understand his father better. A dual memoir, if you will. The story of two fathers …
I get a lot of emails from various writers and publishers asking me to talk about their book on my blog, and I noticed an interesting trend in my inbox recently. I've had quite a few requests from self published female authors who've written books about growing up in abusive homes or about the stories …
Continue reading Book Trend: Women Self-Publishing Stories of Abusive Childhoods.
Recently, one of my closest friends, who has been struggling with depression for years, told me that she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. One of the things that she said that really resonated with me was that some of her friends had turned away from her and didn't want to know her anymore. It …
The word Bedlam became part of common usage as a slang word for chaos, anarchy and mess, but was originally a well known hospital for those suffering from mental illness. It was established in 1247 and existed at different sites til the 1930's. It's history is the history of the treatment for people who were …
Continue reading Bedlam: London And Its Mad by Catharine Arnold
It seems like there is a glut of books now where two parallel narratives in two times link up to solve the mysteries of the other, one being in the past and the other being in the present. It feels like it's own genre, perhaps. One of the finest examples of this is Sebastian Barry's …
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