Category: true crime
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A Bit of a Stretch by Chris Atkins
The Diaries of a Prisoner Atlantic Books ABOUT WHERE CAN A TIN OF TUNA BUY YOU CLEAN CLOTHES?WHERE IS IT EASIER TO GET ‘SPICE’ THAN PARACETAMOL?WHERE DOES SELF-HARM BARELY RAISE AN EYEBROW? Welcome to Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Like most people, documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn’t spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled […]
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A Bit of a Stretch by Chris Atkins
The Diaries of a Prisoner Atlantic Books ABOUT WHERE CAN A TIN OF TUNA BUY YOU CLEAN CLOTHES?WHERE IS IT EASIER TO GET ‘SPICE’ THAN PARACETAMOL?WHERE DOES SELF-HARM BARELY RAISE AN EYEBROW? Welcome to Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Like most people, documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn’t spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled […]
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You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends this remarkably honest memoir. Terrorist’s attacked the Bataclan Theatre in Paris in November 2015, killing 88 victims. One of these was Hélène Leiris. Hélène was a wife and mother. This memoir was written by Hélène’s husband, Antoine. The version I read had been translated from native French and is well written […]
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