Little Ruins

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. All of life is contained in this beautiful story of love and grief, addiction and recovery, despair and redemption. An open-hearted book that I found deeply consoling -- CLOVER STROUD
"We live in a world of beauty and brutality and there, in the balance, am I," writes Manni Coe in his expansive and luminescent memoir. He takes his readers from the rugged landscapes of Andalusia to the painful recesses of lingering traumas. Deeply intimate and told with generous observation, his writing thrums with glorious verve. At its core, Little Ruins is a rallying cry for living a life truly connected to the land and within community -- ANDRÉS N. ORDORICA
Manni Coe's Little Ruins is many things: chief among which is a memoir of place, that marks trauma and evokes language alongside love and limitation. It is also a map of remembering, pairing pain with the patience of time, family, solitude and friendship -- PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA
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