Welcome to our 200th podcast episode!

In this episode we’re sharing a beautifully written and uniquely told novel about a tragic event in history: the 1966 Aberfan Disaster where a landslide buried a school. William Lavery, a newly certified embalmer, offers up his services to the grieving families. As William soon discovers, giving so much to others can sometimes help us to heal ourselves. This book does so many things, and it does them powerfully. It’s a story about masculinity, trauma, and above all – resilience.

A Terrible Kindness is a must-read novel written by Jo Browning Wroe and published by Faber. It’s available now and we recommend buying a copy from your local indie, or you can get it from our shop at Bookshop.org. A signed edition is also available from Waterstones. 

‘Utterly and completely brilliant.’ JOANNA CANNON

Podcast edited and produced by Megan Bay Dorman

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