Meet Me in Another Life, by Catriona Silvey Warning, spoilers! I drank this book down in a day. Books and films don't really make me cry. I've sat guiltily dried-eyed next to tearful friends in the cinema (two different friends for 'Barbie'), or been handed a book and told it will break my heart, which has a good old twang at the strings but fails to produce a sniffle. Through experience I've learned that my tear-jerk barrier is just set higher. I don't say this because I'm an ice-queen, but to emphasise that I don't cry at books . Catriona Silvey's book, 'Meet Me in Another Life', had me sobbing. The premise is quite simple. Girl meets boy. Girl and boy feel a connection, a kinship. Tragedy strikes. Then girl meets boy again. And again. And again. Their relationship takes a different dynamic each life - of teacher and pupil, sister and brother, parent and adoptive child, friends, lovers, confidants - but every time they meet in t
The Locked Library recently shared a post where I give my top six Sapphic books, so I thought I'd post them here as well! Each of these has a special place in my heart (or, in the case of 'The Girls', a rent-free attic space in my brain, where it has claimed squatter's rights and will not be budged no matter the cartoons and plushies thrown at it). Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe Fannie Flagg A novel from 1987 about an old woman recounting the stories of her youth in Whistle Stop, Alabama, and the cafe run by her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth. A main plot arc follows Idgie and Ruth as they grow up, bonded by a tragedy. You can hear the Alabama drawl in the tone throughout the book, it's just lovely. I'm a sucker for the Alabama accent. One of the most heartwarming books I've ever read. It explores themes of racism and bigotry as well as the struggles of growing older. The film they made is gorgeous, I'd watch Kathy Bates in