Bridge Between Worlds October 2022 '[Brooks] is a practised storyteller

'[Brooks] is a practised storyteller and her ease with a sentence brings lilting momentum to the well-trod terrain of literary grief' THE GUARDIAN

Pete is increasingly haunted by memories of his late mother

The Burke and Hare 'anatomy murders' of 1828 terrify Edinburgh

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Bridge Between Worlds October 2022 '[Brooks] is a practised storytellerIn a world increasingly preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection, allowing the flow of goods, people and ideas. Bridges are among our grandest physical structures with the power of transforming lives and economies, but we also stand (or fall) upon the simple arch of bones in our feet. Text is a bridge between writer and reader, and conversation builds bridges of understanding between minds. Dr Gavin Francis has spent his