Duvet Days book recommendations | Duchenne UK

The big Duvet Days book list

Want to read a book on your Duvet Day, but don’t know what to read?

Here’s a great list that can help! It’s a mix of books for different ages.

It’s been put together by people from around the Duchenne community to help you pick a book as you #DuNothingForDuchenne.

Some great books you could read on your Duvet Day are………………..

: Mhairi Harvey, whose son Michael has DMD, recommends ‘The Mousehole Cat’ by Antonia Barber

: Elliot, who has DMD, recommends ‘The Threat of Thanos’ by Treasure Cove Stories

: The Head of Books at BBC Radio 4 recommends ‘Standard Deviation’ by Katherine Heiney

: Michelle Charnock from Joining Jack recommends ‘So Lucky’ by Dawn O’Porter

: Melanie Whitehead from Joining Jack recommends ‘11/22/63’ by Stephen King

: Lucy Patten from Elliot’s Endeavours, whose son Elliot has DMD, recommends ‘Surrounded by Idiots’ by Thomas Erikson

: The Head of Books at BBC Radio 4 recommends ‘Small Things Like These’ by Claire Keegan

: Duchenne community supporter Debbie Ellis-Keeler recommends ‘Demon Copperhead’ by Barbara Kingsolver

: The Head of Books at BBC Radio 4 recommends ‘The Rabbit Hutch’ by Tess Gunty

: Una Farrell from Duchenne UK recommends ‘Warlight’ by Michael Ondaatje

: Dala Jenkin from Duchenne UK recommends ‘The Seven Sisters’ by Lucinda Riley

: Duchenne community supporter Debbie Ellis-Keeler recommends ‘The List’ by Yomi Adegoke

: Amy Littleton from Duchenne UK recommends ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens

: Una Farrell from Duchenne UK recommends ‘Turtle Diary’ by Russell Hoban

: Dala Jenkin from Duchenne UK recommends ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy

: Jane Barnes from Duchenne UK recommends ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid

: Duchenne community supporter Ana Paula Hernandez recommends ‘The Ripple Effect’ by Dominic Holland

: Duchenne community supporter Ana Paula Hernandez recommends ‘Open Links’ by Dominic Holland

: Hayley Philippault from Duchenne UK recommends ‘The House of the Spirits’ by Isabelle Allende

: Hayley Philippault from Duchenne UK recommends ‘A Thousand Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

: Hayley Philippault from Duchenne UK recommends ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ by Laura Esquivel

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