Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church – Megan Phelps-Roper
For years, Megan Phelps-Roper was the social media voice of Westboro Baptist Church. Then all of a sudden, she vanished from cyberspace. This is her story of growing up in one of America’s most notorious sects and Phelps-Roper’s agonising decision to walk away, even though it meant being permanently estranged from her family.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
Everyone knows about Miss Jean Brodie, the eccentric schoolmistress and heroine of Spark’s most famous novel. A masterpiece, a work of genius…or is it? This presenter is still trying to work out what all the fuss is about…
The Holiday – T.M. Logan
Imagine a summer in which a group of old friends rent a villa in France and go on holiday together with their young families. Imagine that every person there has a secret and, even worse, everyone has a suspicion that the others are also harbouring dangerous secrets. Imagine the horrific realisation that one of the terribly respectable middle-class Brits in the luxurious (and completely isolated) villa is a murderer, and a murderer desperate enough to strike again if unwittingly provoked…