‘You’d Be Home Now’ by Kathleen Glasgow

I really like this book. A book about addiction, written, not from the perspective of the addict, but his sister, Emory.

She’s watching from the outside as her brother struggles with addiction. Emory’s feeling of invisibility, somewhere between her addict brother and her strong-willed beautiful sister, leads her to make some faulty choices.

But ultimately, it also wakes her up to something bigger: you have to make a choice to fight to help those you love, but you have to let yourself live, too.

You don’t know what is going to happen, or how things are going to end, and we probably get into way too much trouble trying to plan for and predict these things. But in the end, you just don’t know.

I gave it four stars which means I thought it was really good. Well worth a read.

Next up: Reds and Rams

‘Heatwave’ by Victor Jestin

Been meaning to read this for a while.

17 year old Leo is on a camping holiday with his family. On the final Friday of the trip, unable to sleep, he sees one of the boys from the campsite hanging from the chain of a playground swing. Leo watches as the chain slowly strangles him. He panics, buries the body in the sand and returns to his tent.

The next 24hrs we follow Leo as he unravels: heat, desire, guilt, friendship, love, it has it all.

Great little read.

‘The Rise of the Ultra Runners’ by Adharanand Finn

This was a good book. I really enjoyed it.

Finn, a bit of a runner, attempts to become an ultra runner. Full of great stories as it follows his progress culminating in his at attempt at the UTMB.

Great book that gives an insight into what can be found at the boundaries of human endeavour.

It’s not exactly enjoyable, but in the heart of the crisis, everything is so real, you become so aware of your vulnerability, and of your strength, and ultimately, there on the edge of survival, you become fully aware of your existence. And it is there, deep in the pain cave, as they told me all along, that the fun really begins.

Adharanand Finn

I’m off to sign up to an ultra!!!!