The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things : A Year of Salvage

Author: Joinson, Suzanne

Memoirs

Published on 5 September 2024 by The Indigo Press in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 304 pages
216 x 135 x 24 | 342g

Suzanne Joinson grew up in a 1980s council estate in Crewe, where her parents were followers of The Divine Light Mission cult. This clash of class and counterculture destroyed her family, leaving a legacy of turmoil and poverty. Years later, she attempts to reclaim what she’s lost and piece together the impact of a childhood infused with esoteric yoga practices, psychedelic encounters, and meditation techniques.

The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things explores the realm of mother-daughter relationships and inherited class-based trauma, in a moving, delicately-woven account of coming to terms with a complicated past.