Rhidian Brook Books in Order

A Welsh boy seeks meaning and spiritual reassurance while his family breaks apart. Encounters with belief and the possibility of miracles shape Taliesin's attempts to understand the adults around him and his own changing world.

Advertising executive Johnny Yells turns inspiration from his father's funeral into a successful life-insurance campaign. As professional rewards accumulate, an obsession with death and growing emotional detachment unsettle the life he believed he wanted.

Rhidian Brook recounts a nine-month journey with his family through communities affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa, India and China. Personal encounters challenge Western assumptions and explore the lives behind the pandemic's statistics.

In Hamburg in 1946, Rachael Morgan joins her British colonel husband in a requisitioned house. His decision to share it with a German widower and daughter brings grief, hostility and desire into close quarters.

Aspiring writer Llew Jones meets charismatic butterfly salesman Joe Bosco while traveling through 1980s America. Their uncontrolled adventures leave Llew imprisoned and Joe gone, forcing him to explain their friendship and the events that unfolded.

Drawn from twenty years of BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, Rhidian Brook's reflections consider faith within everyday events and public life. The collection invites readers to explore spiritual questions through contemporary experiences and concerns.