Little Ruins
Rebuilding a Life
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Publishing:28th Aug '25
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 28th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'Beautifully written and deeply moving' CLARE BALDING
'An important voice' CATHY RENTZENBRINK
'I devoured it in a day . . . An open-hearted book' CLOVER STROUD
The Corner is a place where birds with broken wings will come to heal.
Looking to begin a new chapter after years on the move, Manni Coe and his partner take a risk and buy 'The Corner', a crumbling but beautiful 150-year-old farmstead tucked into a remote valley in Andalusia, surrounded by olive trees. It's perfect for their unconventional family of three: Jack, Manni and his youngest brother, Reuben. Secluded from the village by a river and in awe of the extraordinary Spanish landscape, Manni watches their land teem with mountain goats and wild boar, red deer and seasonal swallows. He begins to feel that this might be the place where each of them will find their peace.
But nothing is ever so simple. Though their hilltop village offers food, fellowship and guidance, many visitors bring their own problems and troubled pasts over the river. While Manni and Jack work to afford rebuilding The Corner, who will care for Reuben in the way that he deserves? And as Manni starts to realise that the scars from his childhood - kept hidden for all these years - might not have healed at all, a single, terrible event threatens everything the three of them have spent so long building together.
From landscape and poetry to family and friendship, Little Ruins is a heart-mending exploration of human connection, nature's gifts and the power of love in all its forms.
Little Ruins is beautifully written and deeply moving. The power of Manni's story and the depth of his soul will stay with you long after you've read the final chapter -- CLARE BALDING
Manni Coe is not only a beautiful human being and writer but also an important voice on trauma -- CATHY RENTZENBRINK
I loved this book so much and devoured it in a day. This is a beautiful, open-hearted book that I found deeply consoling. Manni writes brilliantly on the hidden complexities of family life, and is so bold in the way he steps into all the dark corners. All of life is contained in this beautiful story of love and grief, addiction and recovery, despair and redemption. I absolutely loved it -- CLOVER STROUD
This is such a beautiful book - poetic, compelling and, ultimately, deeply healing. Many have tried to capture the soul of the Andalusian landscape, but few have succeeded so well as Manni Coe. He is the perfect companion for a journey into a magical world that will continue to resonate well beyond the final page -- JASON WEBSTER
I so admire the naked honesty with which Manni lays bare his past struggles and traumas. Rarely have I read a memoir with so much beating heart on the page - it pulses with pain but also with grace and love. What's also magical about this book is the setting; and the way in which the elemental and often brutal beauty of the Andalusian landscape works its alchemy on the little ruins of ordinary human lives -- CAROLINE SANDERSON
Emotionally intelligent and deeply thoughtful . . . We could all do with embracing those people and places that feel like home, with being honest and open with those we love. Manni's book blazes a trail in that regard. We should be grateful it exists -- Waterstones Bookseller Review
This is a book to share with friends and discuss in book clubs. Let the beauty of Little Ruins wash over and transform readers with its tenderness. It is a triumph -- PAMELA KLINGER-HORN
With the heart of a poet and a gift for making the reader feel as though they are walking side by side with him, Manni brings us into his home and his world . . . Little Ruins is tender, touching and will lay hands on your soul -- MARY O'MALLEY
Praise for brother. do. you. love. me: 'Profoundly moving and hugely uplifting -- MARK HADDON
Everyone must rush and buy this book . . . The story is one that everyone should read and be heartened by, it's a story of true love and reconnection -- SUE PERKINS
ISBN: 9781837263240
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
352 pages
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