An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon #AnUnlikelyVisitor @JoannaCannon @BoroughPress #BookReview

 

MARGARET THINKS HER TIME IS UP… BUT MAYBE HER TIME IS NOW?

Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago.

Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own.

Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really hap­pened to Jeanie.

Perhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story…

An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon was published on 4 June 2026 by The Borough Press. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review. I now also own a beautiful hardback copy, signed by Joanna that I bought at the Lowdham Book Festival event on Thursday evening last week. 

I have followed Joanna through her writing career, from The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ten years ago, I have read and reviewed all of her novels, her memoir and also Will You Read This? - the collection of stories that she edited to highlight mental health awareness. It has been a joy throughout. 

This review was originally printed in The Mature Times - June edition 

It is ten years since Joanna Cannon’s astonishing debut; The Trouble With Goats and Sheep stole the hearts of readers and made her a best selling author. 

Margaret’s story begins in absence: 94 days without Derek, 40 years without Jeanie. Yet in the hands of Joanna Cannon, what could feel unbearably heavy is instead told with extraordinary tenderness and grace. Her writing always has that rare ability to hold grief up to the light without ever overwhelming the reader; there’s a softness and a humanity that feels both intimate and so real.

And then, just when you think you understand the reality of Margaret’s world, everything shifts. The arrival of the ‘unlikely visitor’ is handled magically and the story lifts, carrying both Margaret and the reader on a journey that is as hopeful as it is poignant.

The character development is wonderful. Margaret and Derek feel utterly real; their love story, woven through memory and loss, is both heartwarming and quietly devastating. There’s humour too; gentle and perfectly judged, and this brings balance to the novel’s deeper emotional currents.

This is storytelling at its most compassionate: wise, moving, and beautifully observed. It will make you smile, it will almost certainly make you cry, but above all, it will leave you with a sense of warmth and something like hope.

Joanna Cannon graduated from medical school and worked as a hospital doctor before
specialising in psychiatry. 

She is also the author of A Tidy Ending, Three Things About Elsie, and The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, a top ten bestseller in the UK. 

She lives in England’s Peak District with her dog, Lewis.

Love, After All by Ewald Arenz t. Rachel Ward #LoveAfterAll @ewald_arenz @orendabooks @racheltranslates #romance #secondchances #newbeginnings

 

When Clara meets Elias, she isn't looking for love. Widowed and wary of being hurt again, she has built a careful life of work and quiet independence. Elias, an actor in his thirties, is trapped in a relationship that no longer feels real, more at ease slipping into a role than being himself. Yet from the moment they meet, something genuine sparks between them – something neither has felt in years.

They fall into step easily, sharing secrets, laughter and the sense of being seen. But there is the age difference, the miles between their worlds, and the lingering guilt that ties Clara to her past. When a new job takes her to another part of the country, she ends the relationship before he can – certain that love like theirs cannot last. And then Elias falls ill, forcing them both to confront what truly matters.

Told with warmth, gentle humour and quiet insight, Love, After All is a luminous portrait of two people finding the courage to open their hearts again – proof that love, at any age, can still take us by surprise.

Love, After All by Ewald Arenz was published on 18 June 2026 by Orenda Books and is translated by Rachel Ward. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this Virtual Book Tour 

My first experience of reading Ewald Arenz was in 2022 when Orenda published Tasting Sunlight - I was totally smitten by that book and it remains a favourite of mine. This was followed in 2024 by Grand Summer; another compassionate, joyful book. And here we are, two years later with Love, After All, and I haven't been disappointed at all. What a fabulous author, what amazing stories he tells. 

Love, After All is a tender novel about the unexpected ways love can find us when we least expect it. Already a million-copy bestseller in its home country, it is easy to understand why this story has been loved by so many readers. This author doesn't rely on grand romantic gestures; he explores love with warmth, honesty and such emotional depth, he creates characters who feel so very real. 

Clara and Elias are both carrying their own personal troubles, and their relationship unfolds with quietly and slowly. This is not just a romance, it is a story about grief, family, responsibility and the courage it takes to let someone in after life has left its marks. The age difference between them adds another layer without ever being the whole focus of the novel, that focus is totally on the emotional connection they share.

Arenz's writing is beautifully evocative, with nature and the German landscape woven seamlessly into the story, giving many scenes an almost cinematic quality. Congratulations are also due to translator Rachel Ward, whose elegant translation captures both the emotional subtlety and lyrical beauty of the original, making it feel effortless in English.

Gentle and moving, Love, After All is a novel that lingers long after the final page. The emotional richness and beautifully drawn characters make this a deeply rewarding read. Highly recommended. 

Ewald Arenz, born in Nürnberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and
history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nürnberg. His novels and plays have received many awards. Ewald lives near Fürth with his family.

Rachel Ward is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to English. Having always been an avid reader and enjoyed word games and puzzles, she discovered a flair for languages at school and went on to study modern languages at the University of East Anglia. She spent the third year working as a language assistant at two grammar schools in Saaebrücken, Germany. During her final year, she realised that she wanted to put these skills and passions to use professionally and applied for UEA’s MA in Literary Translation, which she completed in 2002. Her published translations include Traitor by Gudrun Pausewang and Red Rage by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

 

Bad Influence by Will Carver #BadInfluence @will_carver @orendabooks #phrogging #bookreview @randomthingstours #influencers

 

Two bored teenagers. 

One stupid game.

The wrong place to play…

Alyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends it’s all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable – two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud.

Then Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of phrogging – living unnoticed inside other people’s homes. She and Less slip through Los Angeles’ glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they don’t notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls.

An act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment.

Until they choose the wrong house.

Until the influencer they idolise catches them in the act.

Until the cameras, already rolling, capture everything.

What begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power … and murder…

Bad Influence by Will Carver was published on 18 June by Orenda Books. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this virtual book tour. 

I have to add my congratulations to Will Carver, who, since I initially wrote this review, won the Capital Crime Fingerprint Award for Genre-Busting Book of the Year for his novel Kill Them With Kindness. This is so well deserved and long awaited. If anyone writes genre-busting stories, it is Carver and he does them so very well. 

I always get really excited about a new book from Will Carver, but I ALWAYS struggle to write a review. He is so clever, so very different, so unexpected, continually surprising, it is really difficult to find the words! Oh, and it's a crime novel with a PINK COVER!! 

So here goes!   Just when I think I've worked out where his imagination might take him next, he delivers something entirely unexpected. Bad Influence is bold, provocative, darkly funny and utterly compelling from the very first page.

The premise immediately grabs attention. Two teenagers discover the world of phrogging and begin secretly living in the homes of social media influencers, slipping unnoticed through the cracks of carefully curated online lives. It is a fascinating concept and one that the author explores so well, with such creativity. 

Alyssa and Less are such brilliantly drawn characters. They are both desperate to be noticed, desperate to mean something, and their friendship really is the heart of this story. It is not really easy to like either of them, but they are both so compelling to learn about. Will Carver has an extraordinary ability to create characters who are so real and flawed and entirely believable, even when their actions push far beyond what most of us would ever consider doing! 

The authors intense examination of  influencer culture, social media obsession and society's endless craving for validation is just spot on. He is incisive, often uncomfortable, and frequently laugh-out-loud funny. There is an awesome sense of satire running throughout the novel, but beneath the humour lies something much darker and far more thought-provoking.

The structure works brilliantly. Multiple voices, social media snippets, hashtags and online commentary combine to create a world this is both exaggerated and frighteningly familiar. It is clever and completely addictive.

Will Carver's distinctive voice shines through every page, drawing the reader deeper into a story that becomes increasingly unsettling as it unfolds. There were numerous moments when I found myself shaking my head in disbelief, yet unable to stop reading.

Bad Influence is daring, original and wonderfully entertaining. It is a novel that captures the absurdity of modern celebrity culture, yet is also a gripping  story. Will Carver continues to push boundaries in ways few writers can, and the result is a book that is impossible to ignore.

Dark, witty, inventive and thought-provoking, Bad Influence is another outstanding novel from an author who never takes the easy route. I loved every page.

Will Carver is the international bestselling author of the January David series and the critically acclaimed, mind-blowingly original Detective Pace series, which includes Good Samaritans (2018), Nothing Important Happened Today (2019) and Hinton Hollow Death Trip (2020), all of which were ebook bestsellers and selected as books of the year in the mainstream international press.

Nothing Important Happened Today was longlisted for both the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2020 and the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Hinton Hollow Death Trip was longlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize, and was followed by the literary thrillers, The Beresford, Psychopaths Anonymous, The Daves Next Door, Suicide Thursday and Upstairs at the Beresford, and his highly regarded speculative thriller debut, Kill Them with Kindness. 

Will spent his early years in Germany, but returned to the UK at age eleven, when his sporting career took off. He and his partner run their own fitness and nutrition company, and live in Reading with five children and a tortoise.

The Grapevine by Alexandra Sokoloff & Craig Robertson #TheGrapevine @alexandrasokoloff @craig_robertson_author @blackstonepublishing #BookReview

 

From bestselling authors Alexandra Sokoloff and Craig Robertson, The Grapevine is a thrilling mystery featuring a quirky and relentless female protagonist, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Karin Slaughter.

How far would you go to find your missing child?

Lou Gomersall’s going as far as it takes. And there’s no turning back.

When her nineteen-year-old daughter Abby disappears, Lou embarks on a reckless road trip in the family RV, scouring the highways and back roads of California. Through desert and mountains, into the woods, and to the ocean’s edge.

A year later, the police don’t believe Lou’s theory that four other missing young women have been taken by the same elusive predator. So, when another college sophomore vanishes, Lou jumps on the fresh trail, enlisting millennial #vanlifers, Gen Z entrepreneurs, boomer RVers, homeless sages, truck stop prostitutes and everyone in between in her do-or-die mission to rescue Abby …

Or kill the man who took her.

The Grapevine by Alexandra Sokoloff & Craig Robertson was published on 23 June 2026 by Blackstone. My thanks to the authors who sent my copy for review. 

Husband and wife writing duo Sokoloff and Robertson are well respected and best selling authors in their own right. I've often wondered if they would ever collaborate on a book, and they have, and here it is. It's an absolute cracker too, I read this whilst on holiday in Greece an was absolutely enthralled by it throughout. 

For me, the fact that the story is driven by a mother's determination makes this so compelling. Tense, emotional and utterly addictive, I was grabbed from the first chapter.

Lou Gomersall has spent a year searching for her missing daughter, Abby. While everyone around her seems ready to accept defeat, Lou simply keeps going. Travelling across California in an RV, following every lead and chasing every possibility, she is a woman fuelled by hope, grief and sheer stubbornness. I loved her from the very start. 

Lou is not always easy to like, and for me, that is exactly what makes her such a fascinating character. Her desperation pushes her into risky situations and she makes some shady decisions, but every action  feels completely real.  I found myself urging her on, willing her to find the answers that so many others had given up searching for.

The setting is brilliantly used. The highways, campgrounds and forgotten corners of California become characters in their own right. The community of vanlifers, travellers and drifters adds colour and depth to the story. I almost felt a sense of movement throughout the novel, as though we are sitting in the passenger seat, travelling alongside her.

The plotting is superb. The mystery unfolds at exactly the right pace, with clues scattered carefully enough to keep the reader guessing. 

What impressed me most was the emotion at the centre of the story. Underneath the suspense and danger there is a powerful exploration of loss, hope and the extraordinary lengths a parent will go to for their child. It gives the novel real depth and makes Lou's journey impossible to forget.

The Grapevine is a thrilling start to what promises to be an outstanding series. Alexandra Sokoloff and Craig Robertson have created a memorable heroine and a story packed with tension, emotion and surprises. I raced through it and was genuinely disappointed when I reached the final page.

Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys intelligent, character-driven thrillers with a huge heart and plenty of twists along the way.

Alexandra Sokoloff is a native Californian who sold original scripts and wrote novel
adaptations for major Hollywood studios before becoming the award-winning author of fourteen novels. 

Craig Robertson spent twenty years as a journalist, covering some of the biggest stories across the globe. His eleven crime novels, mostly set in his native Scotland, have been shortlisted for all the UK's major awards.

They met in the US, now live in Scotland, and despite writing two books together and miraculously still married. 

The House of Dust and Shadows by Tabitha Potts VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR #BookExtract #TheHouseofDustandShadows @tabithapotts @randomthingstours

 

We are but dust and shadows is the motto on the sundial in the garden at Blackthorn Manor. The past haunts the family living there.

When Robert Landimor, a famous painter, dies suddenly, he leaves his estate, including Blackthorn Manor, to his housekeeper, Mary, disinheriting his three daughters, Lucia, Izzy, and Sara in the process. No one understands why.

Sara attempts to find answers, but only uncovers buried secrets about their father and his family instead.

Then, the body of a woman is discovered in the lake on the Manor's grounds, leaving Sara and her sisters to face terrible danger.

Ghosts and the past may not be the only things haunting their family.

The House of Dust and Shadows by Tabitha Potts was published on 19 June by Rowan Prose Publishing. As part of this #RandomThingsTours Virtual Book Tour I am delighted to share an extract from the book with you today. 

Extract from The House of Dust and Shadows by Tabitha Potts

Chapter 1

Blackthorn Manor, August 2016

 

High summer had arrived at Blackthorn Manor. It was parched and hot, as the poisoned planet writhed uncomfortably under its stuffy carbon blanket. You wouldn’t know, looking at the house, that things had changed much since the last century. You wouldn’t necessarily sense the pesticides leaching out of the soil and into the water, or the lack of birdsong compared to a hundred years ago or mourn those creatures that have ceased to exist on the earth because of human greed. Innocent and wild, green, and gold, the garden looked like Eden. Roses still in bloom arched their throats up to the sun, wood pigeons strutted across the lawn, a lone bumble bee floated around the flower beds. Not many people came here, the property was still under lock and key. But there are ways to invade even secret, hidden places, and those in the know had started to explore. Teenage couples had broken into the gate house and left condoms and beer bottles there, and dog walkers and poachers explored the woods with impunity, ignoring the No Trespassing signs.  

Now there were four young people, laden down with various items, struggling across the lawn. They’d come from Thornby to film in front of the house and utilize the faded glamour of their location to the full. Their lead actress, Lara, was a friend who was studying drama while they were studying film, but her expressive features and luminous skin made her a natural in front of the camera. Everyone was in high spirits although they were hot from the drive and the struggle over the fence and through the woods, where it was a difficult journey through the trees, including the stubborn blackthorns that had given the Manor its name.  

Ethan, who was directing the shoot, carried the heavy cool box full of snacks and drinks, Alex had the suitcase full of props and clothes, Maryam their makeup artist, another friend from college had her own large silver case full of foundation, powders and sparkling glitter and Lara carried Ethan’s camera and kit. Ethan made it as far as the terrace where he put the box down in a shady spot next to the wall. He wiped sweat from his face. The heat was so intense, it was quite fierce. 

“Let’s stop here.” 

“I’m so hot,” moaned Lara, piling her things next to the cool box and collapsing dramatically on the lawn. 

“Isn’t this place amazing? I can’t believe we just have it all to ourselves.” 

Ethan took a few photos on his phone to share online, admiring the way Lara’s limbs were elegantly arranged on the parched grass. He went over the planned shoot in his head. They had some props with them—fake flowers and a vase, a folding table and tablecloth—and he wanted to have Lara pose on the terrace. But their surroundings prompted other ideas as well. 

“Let’s do the terrace scenes first, and then maybe we should try something by the lake and that little boat house. That could look really good.”

“What should I wear?” asked Lara. 

Ethan thought for a while. He wanted Lara to wear something gauzy and floaty, something that summoned up the beautiful and wealthy at play. Ethan wasn’t one of them, he was from a council estate in Thornby, but he was one of those people whose certainty inspired others around them. “The white dress. I want her to look bleached out.” 

Maryam got to work on Lara with her little brushes and pads. Lara waited patiently, perched now on the terrace wall. 

“It looks so sad in there, don’t you think, Maz?”

“I can’t believe they just leave it sitting there empty like this. It’s so wasteful,” said Maryam, tapping gray powder onto Lara’s eyelids. 

“You can see marks where they’ve taken away paintings and everything, it looks very neglected. Imagine what a great place it would be to have a party.”

“Yeah, you could really go wild. There’s no one around for miles.” 

“That looks great.” Alex was admiring Lara’s make up. “I’ve set up the table and the other props.” 

Lara had to run across the terrace. They did several takes of this scene.

 They were using actual film, so every shot had to be right. She was very conscious of Alex’s eyes on her. Classically handsome, Alex was quiet, and she found him hard to read. As a result, she couldn’t resist trying to attract his attention, something she wasn’t used to having to do. 

Ethan discovered the old sundial on the terrace with its inscription Pulvis et Umbra Sumus and decided to add it to the story.

“What’s that even mean?” Maz asked. 

“Sumus is ‘we are’ and I think Umbra is shadows. I’m not sure about Pulvis, maybe dust? ‘We are dust and shadows.’” 

“You understand it? You’re posh.’”

“Not posh, just did Latin GCSE.” Alex flushed. He hated being called posh because he’d got a scholarship to the local private school. 

Ethan asked Lara to read it. The shadow of the gnomon indicated it was one o’clock in the afternoon. 

They did several takes before Ethan was satisfied, and the heat increased. The air felt as though it was vibrating around them. 

“I want to stop,” begged Lara. 

Tabitha recently received an Honourable Mention in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and in 2025 was longlisted for the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers Prize. Several of her stories have been published in print anthologies.

She completed an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck and has a First in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. In her spare time, she runs Story Radio Podcast, a literary podcast. She lives in London with her family and Tamaskan dog Flin.

Stop Dead by Katrín Júlíusdóttir #VirtualBookTour #StopDead @KatrinJul t. Larissa Kyzer @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours #IcelandMysteries

 

Thousands of runners

One killer

Icelandic detective-in-training Sigurdís is studying criminal psychology in the USA, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Garðar, has been put on leave from Reykjavík CID as a result of his investigation into Sigurdís's father's death.

Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdís finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einarsdóttir has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavík Marathon. Struggling to locate a runner wearing bib number 1407, who was seen near the murdered woman during the race, the police soon discover that several masked runners were wearing the same number.

As the mystery deepens, Sigurdís and her fellow detective Unnar soon learn exactly how unpopular Olga was – not just with the interviewees she humiliated on live TV, but with her own son, her business partner, a widower who insists that she had a hand in his wife's death, and her ex-husband, who died in suspicious circumstances thirty years ago…

As her exploration into Olga's past becomes ever darker and more harrowing, Sigurdís must also face the truth about her own father, while searching for an attacker who will go to any lengths to cover up their crimes…

Stop Dead by Katrín Júlíusdóttir was published on 21 May 2026, it is the second in the Iceland Mysteries series and is translated by Larissa Kyzer. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this Virtual Book Tour 

I thoroughly enjoyed Dead Sweet, the first in this series, but I can honestly say that Stop Dead is even better.

Katrín Júlíusdóttir has once again delivered a compelling blend of police procedural, psychological suspense and deeply personal drama, she has created a novel that is both gripping and emotional. From its fabulous opening; the murder of a controversial television personality during the Reykjavík Marathon, the story immediately captures the reader's attention and never lets go.

Detective-in-training Sigurdís returns to Iceland from the United States after learning that the investigation into her father's death has been dropped. While she finds herself dealing with the fallout from that decision, she is quickly drawn into a complex murder investigation that becomes increasingly intricate as it unfolds. The victim, Olga Einarsdóttir, leaves behind a trail of damaged relationships, hidden resentments and long-buried secrets, giving the investigation numerous trails to explore.

I love the characterisation in this series. Sigurdís is developing into a fascinating protagonist. Her personal struggles and determination add real depth to the story, while the dynamics between the members of the CID team bring warmth and a realistic feel to the narrative. The author excels at weaving the personal and professional elements together so seamlessly that they really enhance each other. 

The Icelandic setting is fabulously depicted throughout the story. The atmosphere is often dark and unsettling, and is perfectly suited to the twists and turns of the investigation, while the marathon backdrop is an original setting for the mystery. 

Special mention must also go to translator Larissa Kyzer. Her translation flows beautifully, preserving both the tension and emotion of the story and the narrative feels completely natural in English.

Intelligent, immersive and expertly plotted, Stop Dead is a superb second instalment in what is now one of my favourite Nordic Noir series. Existing fans will be delighted to be reunited with Sigurdís, while newcomers have a terrific series waiting to be discovered. I cannot wait to see where Katrín Júlíusdóttir takes these characters next.

Highly recommended.

Katrín Júlíusdóttir has a political background and was a member of the Icelandic
parliament from 2003 until 2016. 

Before she was elected to parliament, Katrín was an advisor and project manager at a tech company and a senior buyer and CEO in the retail sector. 

She worked from a young age in the fishing industry, was a store clerk and also worked the night shift at a pizza restaurant. 

She studied anthropology and has an MBA from Reykjavík University. 

Katrin's debut novel, Dead Sweet, was published in English in 2023, and longlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. 

She is married to critically acclaimed author Bjarni M. Bjarnason, who encouraged her to start writing. 

They have four boys and live in Garðabær.

Love's Labour by Stephen Grosz #VirtualBookTour #LovesLabour @stephengrosz @vintagebooks @randomthingstours #BookReview

 

Change the way you think about love.

When it comes to relationships, why do we find things so difficult? Drawing on more than forty years of candid and surprising conversations with his patients, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz shows us how we can be better at love.

In the intimate space of the consulting room, we meet the woman who can’t post her wedding invitations but then, decades later, can’t decide whether to get divorced; the ex-nun whose unconscious fear of pregnancy drove her into the convent; and the friendship group that explodes when an adulterous affair begins. Compelling, revealing and full of wisdom, Love’s Labour shows us that only when we see ourselves and our world clearly are we truly ready to love one another.

Love's Labour by Stephen Grosz was published in paperback on 28 May 2026 by Vintage. Thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Virtual Book Tour. 

Stephen Grosz’s Love’s Labour is a well writing and fascinating exploration of the complexities of human relationships. The author uses his more than forty years of psychoanalytic practice, and it feels as though the reader has been invited into his consulting room.

Through a series of  case studies, the author examines why relationships can be so difficult to navigate. These vary and include a woman unable to send her wedding invitations, an ex-nun confronting unconscious fears, or friendships fractured by betrayal, each of the stories highlights the hidden emotional forces that shape our decisions. 

The writing is elegant, and full of compassion. The author depicts his patients with humanity, never reducing them to diagnoses or simple explanations. Instead, he demonstrates how self-awareness develops gradually, often through the careful examination of memories, emotions, and recurring behaviours. Reading about how these connections start to emerge in each person is fascinating and often moving.

The book explores themes of attachment, loss, sexuality, family dynamics, and the search for intimacy with such insight. 

At its heart, the book suggests that genuine love requires honesty; both with ourselves and with others. The author's stories linger long after the final page. Wise, compassionate, and deeply perceptive, Love’s Labour offers a fresh perspective on why we love as we do and how greater self-understanding can transform our relationships. Recommended 

Stephen Grosz is a practicing psychoanalyst - he has worked with patients for more than
forty years. 

Born in America, he was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Oxford University, and now lives in London. 

His Number One Sunday Times bestseller, The Examined Life,has been translated into more than thirty languages.