pickThis is such an unusual mix of topics, and I‘m so glad this book exists.
When Harriet Shawcross was 13, she stopped speaking at school. Years later, as she prepares to say I Do at her wedding, she revisits this time, and explores ‘not speaking‘ in a huge range of contexts.
She looks at selective mutism, taboos around women‘s bodies, domestic violence, the setting up of the Samaritans, talking therapies (or not) and their
My current non-fiction read is one of those mixtures of memoir and social history that I seem to be drawn to. This one looks at ‘not talking‘, whether through #selectivemutism or the impact of McCarthyism, knowing the dangers speaking will bring.
It‘s quite an unusual mix of topics, and I‘m not sure where it‘ll go next - I think (eventually) into the realms of silence as power. But I‘ve found the first part hugely affecting so far.
Unspeakable: The Things We Cannot Say | 
It‘s a very odd mix, but, for me, it works and covered a host of things I‘d never considered before. I liked this a lot. 1y