Emma Types Stuff

I didn't read this book because it had queer content. Honest. In fact, I had no idea. I had only heard buzz about it and needed a book to fulfil the 'modern history' prompt for History Girl Summer. Couple that with the feeling of connection to the Aberfan disaster that every UK person has, I was sold.  What I wasn't expecting was for this book to (partially) tell a story I'd been yearning for my entire adult life.  A Terrible Kindness [Jo Browning Wroe] is about the impact of the Aberfan disaster on a man's life. The real-life disaster happened when a small Welsh village was devastated by a half-million tonne man-made avalanche. It primarily struck the village's school, leading to the death of one-hundred-and-sixteen children and twenty-eight adults.  In the aftermath, nearby undertakers are begged to come and assist with the body-identification and embalming process, and though it's a job more suited to those with disaster experience, newly-gra