Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. An older novel but such a beautiful read, about the kind of women who get utterly overlooked by the world. If you haven’t read Barbara Pym before, beware – this novel was my gateway drug to everything she ever wrote. Which would give you a Lockdown Achievement . . .! Midnight Chicken by Ella Risbridger. Not a novel, but a cookery book – the recipes are great (I’ve made the Paris cookies and the fish finger sandwiches, and they are both delicious) but more than that, it’s a beautiful story of love, loss and healing, told through food.
