Roast Books presents a one off, beautifully illustrated collection celebrating the rich array of stories which have been read aloud to many patients in stroke recovery, through the InterAct Reading Service.Interactions showcases the finest of these stories; specially commissioned works as well as unique stories gifted to the organisation by distinguished writers. These remarkable and varied pieces have stimulated the minds of thousands of stroke patients across the UK, and encouraged the patients' own creativity, the result of which is also featured in this collection. This special edition enables these wonderful stories to be shared with a wider audience, and gives an insight into the inspiring work of InterAct Reading Service.
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also wrote under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, was an acclaimed English crime writer, known for her many psychological thrillers and murder mysteries and above all for Inspector Wexford.