The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things by Suzanne Joinson

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The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things by Suzanne Joinson

The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things is a fever dream of a book, gripping and trippy. Suzanne Joinson, a bestselling novelist, describes growing up on a council estate in Crewe, Cheshire, in the 1980s. This was no ordinary working-class childhood. Joinson’s parents were followers of the western Divine Light Mission, “which is now known as a cult”, led by the charismatic Prem Rawat, formerly known as Guru Maharaj Ji. In the memoir, a strange cas…