Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.
The In-Between by Hadley Vlahos
Why I have it: spotted on the Goodreads Choice Awards memoir and autobiography list.
Summary: Advocate for end-of-life care and hospice nurse, Vlahos shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients’ final moments.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Swim Wild by Jack Hudson
Why I have it: heard the authors speak on The Tidal Year podcast.
Summary: Brothers Jack, Calum and Robbie have been swimming together their whole lives, and have never lost the sense of wonder and excitement that getting in open water brings. In this book, they discuss their ‘swimming feats’, from tackling the 145km River Eden to setting the world record for swimming in the Arctic.
I’m thinking: Yes.
The Pulling by Adele Dumont
Why I have it: because of Sheree’s review.
Summary: When Dumont is diagnosed with trichotillomania (compulsive hair-pulling) it makes sense of much of her life to date. The seemingly harmless quirk of her late teens, rapidly developed into almost uncontrollable urges and then into trance-like episodes. How can we distinguish between a nervous habit and a compulsion? And how do we balance the relief of being ‘seen’ by others with our experience of shame?
I’m thinking: Yes.
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