Tag: book
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Fiction: The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita

Poetic. Lyrical. Dreamy. These are just some of the words that describe this novel. First published in Japan in 2015, The Forest of Wool and Steel won the Japanese Bookseller prize in 2016 and was translated to English in 2019. More than a million copies have been sold since and it’s not difficult to see…
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Fiction: Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

It’s been a while since a book made me cry and this one is a tearjerker. Every Note Played is a tragic novel that centres around a world-renowned concert pianist, Richard, whose life takes a dramatic turn when he’s diagnosed with the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS disease – a type of nervous system disease…
