What to read
Yvonne RobertsSociety booksSister in Law review – how Harriet Wistrich fought the law and women wonThe solicitor, campaigner and feminist reflects on her notable cases, from overturning Sally Challen’s murder conviction using the defence of coercive control, to the bid to stop the release of serial rapist John Worboys
Jon Ungoed-ThomasAutobiography and memoirWaiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland review – a war reporter finds a ‘second life’ in the shadow of deathThe Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent provides fascinating insights into surviving his job and his 2019 diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer in this inspiring journal of self-discovery
- ‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of YouThe fortysomething turned her wildest fantasy – about running off with a boyband member for hot sex in fabulous locations – into a bestseller. As it hits the screen, Lee talks about writing steamy scenes in Starbucks – and her terror of being judged