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Dawn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Dawn Fallon
Goodreads Author
Born
in Birmingham, The United Kingdom
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Flora Thompson, James Herriott, Gervase Phinn
Member Since
May 2010
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Sparkling Dogs
I never realised that dogs could sparkle until I owned a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and there is nothing quite like a wet Cavalier King for added sparkle. Here is a snippet from my little book called Sam - The Busker's Dog on the issue of wetness:
"the issue of wetness is an area of great fascination and interest for cavalier owners. this is because when you get a cavalier king you never know w Read more of this blog post »
"the issue of wetness is an area of great fascination and interest for cavalier owners. this is because when you get a cavalier king you never know w Read more of this blog post »
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Be prepared to fall in love with a boar! For those like myself who have read all the previous memoirs in this series, the reader is treated to a fresh retelling of the Haslam's settlling into their French "domaine" and all the wonderful creatures (an ...more |
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| A fascinating collection of accounts detailing living life on a boat from the beginning of Val's love affair over more than twenty years and covers the period of the pandemic. The downsides of boating life are vividly told by Val with humour, but wha ...more | |
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An honest and uplifiting read. As someone who’s suffered a shoulder injury myself I was interested to read Ann’s memoir - but my goodness, mine was nowhere near as painful or tramuatic! After a bad fall in her home and smashing her right shoulder, two ...more |
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Thank you so much for this wonderful review Toni, it's its encapsulated Sam’s legacy perfectly. there is nothing more rewarding for an author when a r
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"Sam: The Busker’s Dog is a gentle, feel-good collection of stories told through the life of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who quietly becomes the heart of everything around him. Dawn Fallon captures Sam’s personality with such warmth that he feels "
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Whistler's Mom’s review
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Chilblains and Chitterlings: A Working Class Childhood in 1960s Birmingham
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Thank you - yes, it's amazing the little details that sit in the memory for decades (mind you i can't remember what i did last week!) Childhood memoir
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Chilblains and Chitterlings: A Working Class Childhood in 1960s Birmingham
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That's great to know Ellie! I'm not much a comedian in real life, but I feel i found something of my inner comedian through my writing, I'm made up wi
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“And at home by the fire, whenever you look up there I shall be— and whenever I look up, there will be you.
-Gabriel Oak”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
-Gabriel Oak”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
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“My little old dog
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“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
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Biography, Autobiography, Memoir
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Everyone has a story to tell. This is a group to discuss the many types of biographies, autobiographies and memoirs. If it's a true life story, it bel ...more
We Love Memoirs
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The friendliest group on Facebook is now on Goodreads! For all the good stuff and free books head over to https://www.facebook.com/groups/welovememoir ...more
