The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things: A Year of Salvage

From the bestselling author of A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar comes an extraordinary memoir of growing up in a cult

Suzanne Joinson grew up in a 1980s council estate in Crewe, where her parents were followers of The Divine Light Mission cult. This clash of class and counterculture destroyed her family, leaving a legacy of turmoil and poverty.

Years later, she attempts to reclaim what she's lost and piece together the impact of a childhood infused with esoteric yoga practices, psychedelic encounters, and meditation techniques. She acquires replicas of beloved objects that had to be destroyed in regular purges in the hope of restoring family ties.

Museum of Lost and Fragile Things explores the realm of mother-daughter relationships and inherited trauma, in a moving, delicately-woven account of coming to terms with a complicated past.

Author: Suzanne Joinson
Publisher: Indigo Press
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.28w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781911648680
ISBN10: 1911648683
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Religion | Cults
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

About the Author
Suzanne Joinson is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Photographer's Wife andthe bestseller A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar. Her books are translated into fourteen languages. Suzanne won the New Writing Ventures Award, was longlisted for the IMPAC International Literary Fiction Award, and is a member of the Folio Academy. She has been published in The New York Times, the Guardian, and Conde Nast Traveller.