inauguration day and this book is a reflection of that. i think that s absolutely right. you heard her describe her family in this book as this hopeful and earnest black family that believed in hard work, that catapulted into the white house and then after eight years of what she describes as progress and achieving, and believing in those principles, for the country to, in her words, have repudiated what her family stands for. she expresses a great deal of vulnerability what that was like for her, self-questions, did we do enough? were we enough? what does this say about us? that this is the turn the country makes? talks about that soincredibly openly. sounds like she wants to be a helper, providing tangible things that helped. picking up knitting needles, what that s meant for her and something that offered her calm and steadiness in a moment of global instability. a really interesting turn for her and excited to see what she la 20 say about it heading on a book tour that starts tod
by television presenter richard osman. they have sold more than 5.5 million copies, and a third book in the series has now become the fastest selling adult fiction hardback by a british author. the books were inspired by his own mother and the retirement village where she lives. it may look a tranquil scene, but this retirement village in sussex holds a dark secret. lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard osman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet any way. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys
5.5 million copies. the books, including the thursday murder club and the man who died twice, were inspired by his own mother and the retirement village where she lives. now, for the first time, our arts correspondent rebecca jones has been behind the scenes to visit the real life setting for the books. it may look a tranquil scene, but this retirement village in sussex holds a dark secret. lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard osman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet anyway. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys