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To the Moon and Back (Tales of the Other Kind)

From the series: Tales of the Other Kind

Grief, you see, is a heavy thing.

It is heavier than dragging a whale’s body up onto the ice, heavier than enduring a winter that lingers past all hope, heavier even than feeling the sky itself pressing down, as if full of words you cannot speak.

Most people know how to carry it. They strap it to their backs like a pack of furs. They walk, bent...

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Love Never Does (Tales of the Other Kind)

From the series: Tales of the Other Kind

In a cottage on the edge of the Irish wilderness, Treasa Ó Sionnacháin crosses into the Otherworld to reclaim her stolen child — a boy the Gentry have replaced with a cold branch of rowan wood. Armed with nothing but stubbornness and a love that refuses to be reasoned with, she walks into the dark water, bargains with things older than language,...

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Joy Doubled (Tales of the Other Kind)

From the series: Tales of the Other Kind

Some stories are passed down to protect you.

Ayomide is exhausted. She is a mother, an advocate, a daughter, and a woman whose own mind works differently in a world that was never designed for her.

Navigating the labyrinthine maze of SEND assessments, school meetings, and systems that seem built to say no, she is fighting every day for her son...

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Lyrical Muse writes: Our third essay in the Disability Pride series comes from Katie-jo Gracie, a writer from Bedford who is a passionate advocate...

I recently went to an open mic night at a church where I’d planned to read the poem I’d written that afternoon. I shared it with my mum when I...

Praise

I came into this book completely open minded and was taken by complete surprise at the vivid world the author created that tells a story of grief and neurodivergence.

Some of the most beautiful descriptions really had me empathising throughout and has me thinking of how to manage the big emotions as a fellow late diagnosed neurodivergent.

I read this book in one sitting, enraptured throughout and spent some time after just sat in my chair, digesting the feelings it gave me.

Worth a read for sure!

– Juno

I picked this up because I was a beta reader for Katie-jo's book "Rest for the Weary".
I love that book; obviously, it wasn't fiction, so I wasn't sure what this would be like.

I'm still not sure how I would categorise this book by genre; it's unlike anything I've ever read. I read the whole book in one night. I could not put it down. My daughter is now reading it too. As someone who has walked through this type of grief, I felt so seen. I'm telling everyone about this book. It is an absolute must-read. If I could give it 10 stars, I would.

– Jamelia

This is a truly unique book that I read in one sitting - I couldn't put it down. The author skilfully weaves two stories into one, using an Inuit oral traditional story as a metaphor for a woman dealing with heartbreak and self discovery, through a lens of late diagnosed autism. I haven't read anything like it before and found it incredibly moving. Highly recommended!

– Christine Davage