(Canongate, 2022), Manni Coe traced his response to a cry for help from his younger sibling Reuben, who has Down’s syndrome. Little Ruins is a prequel also involving trials of the spirit and a search for healing, side by side with earthier challenges. Coe, his partner, Jack, and Reuben form a family of three, or “trilogy”. But the evolution tracked in Little Ruins makes sense in its own terms. Little Ruins: Rebuilding a lifeManni CoeCanongate £16.99978-1-83726-324-0Church Times Bookshop £15.29

Source: The Times December 12, 2025 02:14 UTC