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The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

♦ December 16, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

I am not really very keen on ghost stories, but The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters was the reading for my book group this month. The story is set in 1947. Britain is exhausted by victory, and neither the National Health Service nor the National Trust has yet come along to pick up the pieces.  The …

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White Rose Rebel by Janet Paisley

♦ April 7, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments

I first came across Janet Paisley, who is an award winning poet and author, when I was studying Creative Writing in Stirling, Scotland.  She read some of her amazing poetry to us.  She writes in both Scots and English.  As a result of this I have always thought of her as a poet, first and …

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Life Class by Pat Barker

♦ April 1, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

Life Class by Pat Barker is a novel that sat on my book shelf for several years.  My Aunt and Uncle gave it to me one Christmas, but I only got around to reading it recently.  When I started it I was not sure that it was a book I would enjoy.  It is a …

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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

♦ March 5, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments

This novel, Half of a Yellow Sun by the Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche,  is unusual but the reason for the book’s popularity becomes apparent within a few pages of reading: it is extremely good. It is set in Nigeria, Africa during the 1960’s and deals with the troubled period around the time of the …

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