(December 9, 2020) It’s our favourite list of the year. Books we think you’d like for yourself to catch up on reading over the holidays, or something special and unique for someone special in your life. It’s a diverse list—books that will take you face-to-face with wolves and bears of the natural kind, coupled with the what we think are definitive and striking books about race, … [Read more...] about The Charity Report Literary Circle’s Top 10 books of 2020
Sharon Broughton
Soul Full of Coal Dust: A battle for miners’ lives
By Sharon Broughton (September 12, 2020) Soul Full of Coal Dust – A Fight for breath and justice in Appalachia, Chris Hamby, Little, Brown and Company, August 18, 2020, 448 pp., $32.32 Soul Full of Coal Dust is a riveting account that is part memoir, part medical and legal thriller, part underdog takes on the Goliath of systemic injustice. With … [Read more...] about Soul Full of Coal Dust: A battle for miners’ lives
Crisis Ahead: An asset to any group’s recovery strategy
Reviewed by Sharon Broughton (May 12, 2020) Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies, Edward Segal, Nicholas Brealey, June 16, 2020, 256 pp., $25.95 From the perspective of a COVID-19 global pandemic-influenced world, this book landed on my desk with both a sense of urgency and a rueful, half-hearted … [Read more...] about Crisis Ahead: An asset to any group’s recovery strategy