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asia’s first memoir, From the River to the Sea: Aquitaine, A Place for Me, followed the ups and downs of life after she swapped teaching in Glasgow for renovating a crumbling farmhouse in the depths of south west France.
This second memoir ‘Smithereens’ includes many of the same characters, but flits back and forth between Aquitaine and Ruchill, where Basia lives by the canal. Smithereens is Basia's latest, moving memoir which It is searingly honest, and very moving as it share the story of the loss of Basia’s best friend to cancer.
But it is also extremely funny as, switching between past and present, Basia shares stories of her friendship with Sharon in Scotland and in France.
The book also touches on topical events – Brexit, Covid restrictions, political activism – and the joys of literature, food and wine.