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My Fantastic Five - Books I Love #10 : GerryWolstenholme

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When my favourite item in the Waitrose Weekend paper (My Best Books) was chopped to just one book a week from five, I really missed it - I love to hear what other people rate their cherished reads, so I decided to start my own guest-blog along the same lines.
 
Thanks to Gerry Wolstenholme for No 10 in the series. Blackpool-born, he  attended Baines Grammar School before moving to London. He was a Read more of this blog post »
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Judith Johnson Judith Johnson said: " Absolutely stunning! I borrowed this book from Y Gaer, the local library, which has recently moved to a very modern, airy space combined with the Victorian museum.

This is my kind of poetry - full of concrete detail but intensely poetically written.
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Although there are touching testaments of temporary truce in this book, which catalogues, no doubt, all the accounts which the authors could find, it is somewhat repetitive and I'm therefore not going on beyond page 92.

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Lesle Judith
Hello and thank you for the friends request.

I hope you and your family enjoy the Holidays!
Take care!


Majenta Hello, Judith! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! I hope you're having a good weekend and will have a good week ahead. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else.

Best wishes from Majenta


Majenta Hello, Judith! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! I hope you're having a good weekend and will have a good week ahead. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else.

Best wishes from Majenta


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