The Power of Strangers by Joe Keohane

The Power of Strangers by Joe KeohaneWhen was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the

A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'

Propelled by stories of polar swim champions

and they are a key strut holding up life on Earth

Created in the Earth-shattering collision 4

believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer

Daunis reluctantly agrees to go undercover

And both will have their revenge

'Passionate

things begin to unravel

Although Anna Sewell's classic is set firmly in the Victorian period

perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers

distrustful relationship between Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom deteriorated into a generations-long argument about 'Home Rule'