10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
And why was the price of not saying the right words at the right time so high?
Jill's Scene
Here you'll find my thoughts about life, travel, books and, because I love a laugh, the occasional spoof. All this from the perspective of a small town, on an island, in a country that's too close to the Antarctic for comfort.
Nau Mai, Haere mai. Come on in!
Auē by Becky Manawatu
Maybe the day my family stopped existing, I did too.
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Bernadine Evaristo purposefully takes her reader on a journey and I trusted her from the opening sentence.
The Tea Girl of Humming Bird Lane by Lisa See
“No coincidence, no story,”
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Meddle, Dr Swenson did. Rather spectacularly.
Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
“Christine didn’t tell Alex that she’d invited Lydia to live with them”
The Year of Magical Thinking, a play by Joan Didion
“There is no eye on the sparrow.”
The Years by Annie Ernaux
This is the book the dog ate, almost.
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
On a day like today, when her mind is in a turmoil, the vastness of the ocean offers solace.
My Brother’s Name is Jessica by John Boyne
All Sam wants is his brother back, their family to be the way it used to be.
Jill's Scene 
The korero