Dua Lipa‘s July pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Small Boat‘ by Vincent Delecroix. The short novel fictionalises the events around the real-life drowning of 27 people in the English Channel in November 2021. Those who lost their lives – always referred to as ‘migrants’ in the press – were crowded into a sinking inflatable dinghy and made increasingly desperate calls for help – in French, in English, and in Kurdish. But no help came. Dua said: “This book challenged me profoundly. It moved me, and stayed with me. It’s not an easy read – but as our politics descend into hate-mongering and point-scoring, it’s an essential story that needs to be told.”
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Posted by admin on Jun 25, 2025
