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"I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
Douglas Stuart spent 10 years working on writing that would became his novel Shuggie Bain
- "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
- “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
- "This book presented another kind of representation"
- "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
- How To Be A Man
- “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
- Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
- "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
- "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
- The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
- "The library was my salvation"
- “Both me and him were in tears”
Featured Collections
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- A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
- A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
- A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
- British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
- Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
- How To Be A Man
- New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
- The Secrets Of Good Sex
- The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
- These Books Might Save Your Life: Brilliant Reads For Bleak Times