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An essential, universally resonant new memoir from the number one bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic

In post-war Glasgow a primary school class was set a composition topic: a memorable family event. Each child completed the assignment - all, that is, but one. Why didn't you write about your family?Please, miss. I didn't, I didn't know what to write. But now, he does. In Already, Too Late, Carl MacDougall, one of Scotland's most accomplished and celebrated literary writers, presents a memoir of extraordinary authenticity and honesty. This memoir takes us through MacDougall's upbringing, both in and out of care on the west coast of Scotland, Fife, and industrial Glasgow, during the first decade of his life. Within this world, now teetering on the brink of our collective memory, sits a single-parent household of German descent; money is tight, trauma roams free and tragedy comes calling again and again. Through a powerful mosaic of stories, MacDougall strips away all rose-tinted sentimentality to create a vivid account of heart-break, dissociation and loss. Already, Too Late is the early life of an outsider looking in, a changeling child, displaced, alone, and - in his own grandmother's words - 'no right'. Because for some, even the very beginning is already too late.

This captivating memoir plunges readers into the raw beauty and challenges of life on rugged moorland. Our narrator's unflinching portrayal of daily hardships, from caring for eccentric animals (an epileptic hare, a needy duckling) to tackling a stubborn bull, makes for a heartfelt and often humorous exploration of rural solitude and determination. Ideal for readers of nature writing, memoir lovers and fans of rural tales, this book will attract those drawn to the works of James Rebanks and Raynor Winn. It offers readers an immersive story of survival, humour and hope amid hardship - a perfect recommendation for anyone yearning for an evocative, authentic slice of British countryside life, where every day holds its own simple, profound wonder.

A memoir which offers an authentic and deeply personal account of the emotional and professional challenges faced by those working within the child welfare system.

Now in paperback: A compelling and prismatic love story of one family's defiance in the face of injustice—and how their story echoes across generations."Beautifully woven together by Satsuki Ina's mother's diary and her father's haiku—through which they are both still speaking—[this] is memoir as healing, as self- and soul-determination, and as vigilance, the keeping vigil over past lives that are still becoming." —Brandon Shimoda, author of The Afterlife Is Letting GoIn 1942 newlyweds Itaru and Shizuko Ina were settling into married life when the United States government upended their world. They were forcibly removed from their home and incarcerated in wartime American concentration camps solely on account of their Japanese ancestry. When the Inas, under duress, renounced their American citizenship, the War Department branded them enemy aliens and scattered their family across the U.S. interior. Born to Itaru and Shizuko during their imprisonment, psychotherapist and activist Satsuki Ina weaves their story together in this moving mosaic. Through diary entries, photographs, clandestine letters, and heart-wrenching haiku, she reveals how this intrepid young couple navigated life, love, loss, and loyalty tests in the welter of World War II-era hysteria.The Poet and the Silk Girl illustrates through one family's saga the generational struggle of Japanese Americans who resisted racist oppression, fought for the restoration of their rights, and clung to their full humanity in the face of adversity. With psychological insight, Ina excavates the unmentionable, recovering a chronicle of resilience amidst one of the severest blows to American civil liberties. As she traces the legacies of trauma, she connects her family's ordeal to modern-day mass incarceration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Lyrical and gripping, this cautionary tale implores us to prevent the repetition of atrocity, pairing healing and protest with galvanizing power.

A lyrical inquiry into how identity is informed by the natural world.

Both deeply moving and highly comic, Carl Gorham's memoir tells the story of his unique relationship with his magical Norfolk garden and how it guided him through bereavement and recovery to ultimate triumph.

From beloved inaugural Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner, an uplifting memoir about a fresh start after heartbreak and a juicy peek behind the reality TV curtain.

First-of-its-kind memoir of life within Opus Dei in Ireland.

Shining a light on the eccentricities of junior doctors in the NHS, Quacks is filled with stories that will make you laugh and gasp in equal measure.

Into the thick of the choking smoke and fury came a hero with a white cross on his helmet. 'Padre' to the Catholic, 'Rabbi Joe' to the Jewish boys, Chaplain O'Callahan was 'Father' to everyone on board. Father O'Callahan tells of his own experiences, recapturing the perilous and heroic drama of the Franklin, the most damaged ship to ever reach port.

Born in Korea, raised in the American South, and trying her best to survive British academia, SJ Kim probes her experiences to confront the silences she finds in the world.