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Rohase Piercy
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Review: Skint Estate by Cash Carraway
Skint Estate: A Memoir of Poverty, Motherhood and Survival by Cash CarrawayMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I'm not part of the intended readership for this raw and harrowing memoir - the privileged, comfortably-off majority against whom the author periodically rants - in fact, I was put in the way of reading it by my (now adult) daughter, who pointed out the similarities between Cash's story and our ow Read more of this blog post »
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"‘Charming’ sounds like damning with faint praise, but that’s what I found in the simplicity of this novella, with its neat plot based on the arrival of John Ferguson, a Free Church convert, on a remote Scottish Island during the Clearances. Ferguson "
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"You could be forgiven for thinking this novella is a private message to Garnett’s lover, Duncan Grant, with whom he had an affair – it’s dedicated to Grant and was published after their affair ended, so I spent a little time wondering who among the B"
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"In Julius Lévy, Daphne du Maurier has created a monster for all time: a portrayal of raw, merciless ambition that spares no one and lets nothing stand in its way. The novel traces Julius’ early life of great poverty and deprivation in mid-1800s Paris"
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| Drawn back to his native town of Eastbourne by the illness, and then the death, of his beloved mother, Howard Cunnell reminisces about the various stages of his life, from boyhood to late middle age. An 'East of the Pier' boy from a working class bac ...more | |
“Although we have shared lodgings for seven years, we are not--on intimate terms."
I spoke earnestly, for I certainly could not afford to have her misunderstand the situation. She regarded me seriously.
"You are very fond of him, however, and would wish things otherwise," she said.
I gripped the edge of my seat and did not reply. Turning to look at the street, I observed that we were just passing the door of the Cafe Royal and were approaching Regent Circus. I shifted my gaze abruptly to the swaying interior of the hansom. I felt Miss D'Arcy's eyes upon me.
"Is it so very obvious?" I said at last.”
― My Dearest Holmes
I spoke earnestly, for I certainly could not afford to have her misunderstand the situation. She regarded me seriously.
"You are very fond of him, however, and would wish things otherwise," she said.
I gripped the edge of my seat and did not reply. Turning to look at the street, I observed that we were just passing the door of the Cafe Royal and were approaching Regent Circus. I shifted my gaze abruptly to the swaying interior of the hansom. I felt Miss D'Arcy's eyes upon me.
"Is it so very obvious?" I said at last.”
― My Dearest Holmes
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