A Terrible Kindness

 

A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Historical Fiction Physical Book
In October of 1966, mine sludge came barreling down a mountain in Aberfan, Wales, burying a school full of children. It is a sad and true happening. Many children and adults were killed. This is a fictional story of William who had just graduated from embalming school, volunteering to go and serve as an embalmer at the site. That grueling and traumatic experience haunted him and changed him, causing him to suffer PTSD for the rest of his life. The book is well-written and engrossing. I liked William and his best friend, Martin. I learned from both of them. I loved the musical references and even found some of the pieces referred to online and listened to them. It is a sad story, but sensitively told.


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