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BarbaraBB

Small Boats | Vincent Delecroix; Jeremy Harding; Helen

#WeeklyFavorite

Adding the final book to April‘s graphic and it was this month‘s best book as well!

Read4life

Leniverse Ooh, that's a strong collection! I'll hopefully get to Small Boat this weekend. 3d

Caroline2 Oh I have somewhere else on my kindle. Sounds like I need to move it up the pile. 👍 3d

BarbaraBB @Leniverse All were good! And Small Boat is very intense and good. Interested in your thought! @caroline2 3d

Read4life This looks like a fabulous month!! I‘ve added several to my TBR. 💙📚💙 3d

sarahbarnes Wow, that is high praise! ♥️ 17h

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RaeLovesToRead

Small Boats | Vincent Delecroix; Jeremy Harding; Helen

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Small boat was, by the end, every bit as devastating as I expected it to be.

Based on actual events and told mostly from the perspective of a rescue co-ordinator, this short book explores attitudes to migration, guilt, responsibility and our collective culpability and complicity when it comes to global inequality.

Powerful, and ought to be widely read.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BarbaraBB A must-read indeed 4d

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BarbaraBB

Small Boats | Vincent Delecroix; Jeremy Harding; Helen

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This #InternationalBooker novel is based on a real case where a dinghy overfilled with migrants attempts to cross the Channel and starts sinking.

Most of the book consists of thoughts by a coastguard radio operator, who‘s being interrogated by the police because of her alleged complicity in the death of 27 migrants. We are drawn into her conflicted consciousness, displaying what appears to be an almost inhumane coldness and indifference. ⬇️⬇️

Graywacke, sarahbarnes

BarbaraBB Is it her voice or that of all of us? What about humanity?
It‘s a morally complex read but one that is relentless and will keep me thinking for some time to come. Very good. (edited) 6d

squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 6d

Tamra I guess I need to try this one! 6d

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Lesliereadsalot On my radar! 6d

sarahbarnes Great review. I definitely want to read it. ♥️ 6d

BarbaraBB @Tamra I guess so too! 6d

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BarbaraBB

Small Boats | Vincent Delecroix; Jeremy Harding; Helen

#WeeklyForecast 18/25

I am in the middle of The Mangan Inheritance which I am loving. Next will be the tagged title for the #InternationalBooker and I also want to read My Documents, that @TrishB nominated for #CampLitsy25 and caught my eye in the bookshop the day after!

TrishB I haven‘t brought yet but it‘s on my payday purchase list! 1w

sarahbarnes Small Boat! Can‘t wait to hear your review of that one. My Documents caught my eye too from @TrishB. And now I‘m interested in the third one although I haven‘t heard of it. 1w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I‘ll keep you posted on all of them 😉 1w

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BarbaraBB @TrishB Thanks for bringing it up. Seems so good. 1w

Megabooks I almost picked up My Documents from the library, but it‘s one of those books that hits a little too close to real atm. 😢 4d

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I get you, I don‘t enjoy dystopian at the moment either. But this one is a bit different because it doesn‘t focus on politics or circumstances but more on human interactions 4d

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RaeLovesToRead

Small Boats | Vincent Delecroix; Jeremy Harding; Helen

I've just noticed how devastating this cover truly is

BarbaraBB That is so sad! 4w

sarahbarnes Oh wow. I am very tempted to order a copy of this one. 4w

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