Not non-fiction, but Emily Wilson's Odyssey is a great read aloud over a cot side
For well in the future, Munichs by David Peace is _superb_. But absolutely not in the next few weeks. Maybe do his Damend United instead
Some months later, she was getting congested again, and thought she'd tell the funny funny leech story. One of the bio undergrads accused her of making it up. She sneezed. Dude got COVERED in baby leeches. Just COVERED. I don't think he ever called another female biologist a liar.
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There's a morbid curiosity in waiting for Rafferty to say something that makes you want to eat your own arm off in cringe though.
“Stupid cow.” Iris Murdoch loses patience with a not-a-question-more-a-comment fan at a literary event. (from Paul Bailey’s memoir A Dog’s Life)
It's neat how the Metro is almost visible in the 15 min city map of Tyneside (whatif.sonycsl.it/15mincity/15...). Historic town centres get connected by rail and maintained through today. Little cuts of red on areas that either aren't developed are have the modern car-orientated suburbs on them.
5yo splashed too vigorously in a puddle and had to waddle home. Spots a neighbour while doing the wide leg walk and shouts, "Well pilgrim" Not a clue. She just _knows_ the waddle and pilgrim go together.
Or that they managed two whole presidents before there was a tie and everyone had to say, "I dunno. Nothing written down."