Never by Joel F. Johnson

Never by Joel F. Johnson"Those were just the times." That's how Morris "Little" Nickerson has always chosen to describe the incongruities of his childhood in the segregated south. But when a call from his older sister prompts Little, who is now in his seventies, to return to his hometown of LaSalle, Georgia, he finds himself having to reexamine the childhood he's kept encased in glass all these years. As he tries to make sense of the events of one particularly eventful

a captivating journey across continents

attending night classes

Why doesn't he want to be friends with you no more

Set in and around the city of Veracruz in Mexico

Their questions range from the painfully - and sometimes hilariously - relatable to the occasionally bizarre

compelling

a missionary priest returned from Uganda

The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers

The Sisters Brothers pays homage to the classic Western

Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing the balance of an art world in which women have been sidelined

But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor

through that age-old English ability to laugh at ourselves' Observer