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| The Library of War and Peace is the story of two young women, buffeted by war, who find solace in the restorative power of books. Louise Morrish’s atmospheric novel is threaded through with kindness, showing how through the worst of times – here, the ...more | |
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| Only a few books, as you read, restore your faith in human nature. Jenny Gretton’s novel, It’s All About Butty, is one of them. Butty – full name, Arbuthnot Braithwaite, a burden that he carries – leaves his Yorkshire roots to train as a doctor in Lo ...more | |
"These short stories were lovely. Well worthy of the average 4.5* rating on goodreads. Just wish there were more…"
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"A story about shepherding in England’s Lake District, this memoir takes you deep into a place and a lifestyle which is both ancient and very much alive. James Rebanks starts with his boredom at school and contrasts academic learning to the practical "
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| Madeleine F. White’s first poetry collection explored the close, mutually sustaining relationship between a woman and her horse. Her second, Maiden, Mother, Crone, takes us on a journey through a woman’s life, from childhood to reflective middle age. ...more | |
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"Short stories don’t get the credit they deserve in today’s publishing market I feel. The best are those which explore what it is to be human."
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| The subjects of Sarah Hegarty’s stories walk on unstable ground. At any moment, someone or something – a stranger, a family member, perhaps merely their own past – may leap out and knock them from their path. In clean, beautifully written prose, Hega ...more | |
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| Birdeye by Judith Heneghan builds slowly, then grabs you round the neck. Unusually for current publishing trends, the novel is told from the perspective of a woman well over 60, for whom memories, regrets and responsibilities abound, and for whom the ...more | |
