Books in brief: Tales of a Patchwork Life; Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes; The Afghans; Holding The Line; I Hope You’re Happy; The Keeper of the Bees

Bite-sized reviews of new work by Biddy McLaughlin, Katharina Volckmer, Asne Seierstad, Barbara Kingsolver, Marni Appleton and Eimear Chaomhánach