BOOK CORNER

ANN MILTON Class of 1981

A Breast Cancer Alphabet is a wonderfully user friendly ABC of how to deal with the devastating news of having cancer. It will even help you try to get through it with a smile. This is advice from A to Z that should be read before, during, and after you are throttled with the unexpected news this is now your life.

JULIA HOLLENBERY Class of 1986

This book presents an invitation to reawaken your body, realise the depth and web of relationships within which we live, and embrace the pleasure, power, and potency that arise when we look inward as well as confidently relate outward with the world around us.

NEHA THAKRAR AND FALGU SHAH Class of 2008

Maya and her Magic Lehenga is a children’s book (2 - 5 years) about a young South Asian girl who recounts precious memories with family and friends when she comes across her hidden lehenga (Indian festive dress). We wrote this book because growing up South Asian, we did not

STEPHANIE LEVER Class of 2017

With 1,000 illustrations, carefully selected from the magazine’s invaluable archives, it offers an overview of the fashion industry and its history from Paul Poiret to Christian Dior, supermodels and “It Girls,” also exploring Paris as a fashion capital.

have many children’s books with characters that looked like us, or stories that related to our cultural customs and experiences. We are excited to see more representative content for children these days, and wrote this book to bring more stories to life.

TIFFANY PHILIPPOU Class of 2006

This is a heartfelt memoir on grief, shame and love. It’s an honest and ultimately hopeful account of Tiffany’s life after the tragic suicide of her boyfriend, Richard, when the couple were students at Bristol University in 2008. The book follows her journey in the ten years after Richard’s death - as Tiffany confesses - she spent her twenties pretending this incident didn’t happen. She was isolated in grief and left alone to absorb the discomfort and judgement of others she felt following his passing. In her own words, ‘Richard was living with a lot of shame before he died. I felt silenced and oppressed by shame once he was gone.’

Our twenties are all about selfdiscovery and adventure; it’s a decade of many firsts as we establish our careers and relationships in the adult world. Yet there isn’t a guidebook on how to grieve, especially when processing such an event at this pivotal stage of life.

It has taken Tiffany many years to navigate her grief and shame but by opening up and embracing her past she has been able to look to the future and to understand that there is no right way to grieve and no right way to live. Her hope, is that by sharing her story, she can encourage others to tear down the walls and to not suffer under the burden of shame alone.

Totally Fine (and other lies I’ve told myself) is a beautifully written and poignant story that will deeply resonate with anyone navigating layers of loss, heartbreak or rejection.

DR ELAINE MOORE Class of 1966

This undergraduate text aimed primarily at high schoolers and lower level undergraduates focuses on explaining how the various forms of renewable energy work and the current ongoing research. It includes sections on non-scientific aspects that should be considered such as availability of resources. A final chapter covers methods of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

ALISON WRAY Class of 1978

As well as difficulties with how they use words and language, people with dementia are likely to have sight or hearing problems which can also make it harder to communicate.

Renewable energy is currently on everyone’s mind in the context of climate change. This text provides students with an introduction into the science behind the various types of renewable energy enabling them to access review literature in the field and options that that should be considered when selecting methods.