Open table, open heart

John Woods  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Nov 2022
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A PLACE AT THE TABLE:
Faith, hope and hospitality
By Miranda Harris and Jo Swinney
Hodder and Stoughton. 244 pages. £16.99*
ISBN 978 1 528 392 050

Many people have found that clearing out their parents belongings after their death can take them on an unexpected journey. That was certainly the case for Jo Swinney.

Her mother had died in a tragic car accident that left her father fighting for his life. A year later, having discovered among her mother’s papers a book proposal and a partial manuscript of a book based on diary entries of a significant life lived on three continents, Jo started to shape the material into a book.

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