Carol Atherton

An English teacher's love letter to reading and teaching, taking us through the books we read at school, and considering what we can take from them now. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about empathy? Should our expectations for our future be...

A powerful and illuminating exploration of adoption, written by an adoptive mother, which tells both a deeply personal story and the larger story of adoption itself. Essential reading for those whose life has been—or may yet be—touched by adoption, and for anyone wanting to better understand its story. Twenty years ago, Carol Atherton and her husband, Matthew, stood together on...