Lessons in Kindness Naomi Shihab Nye Nicky Burkett wasn’t expecting a

Nicky Burkett wasn’t expecting a dead MP to show up on his doorstep

Elsewhere there are tender love poems

Inside the Night by Ibrahim Nasrallah and Naguib Mahfouz by Rasheed el-Enany

whose life and memories have become scattered

Lessons in Kindness Naomi Shihab Nye Nicky Burkett wasn’t expecting aLessons in Kindness is a collection exploring identity, sexuality, strength and vulnerability. Through a series of losses and epiphanies, a young woman attempts to make sense of the lessons taught and learned. From the recent referenda in Ireland, to a landscape of women ghosts, Lessons in Kindness is a search for meaning and love, set against the backdrop of the wild Atlantic coast.