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Gill Thompson
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The Lighthouse Sisters
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The Child on Platform One
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2019
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36 editions
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The Oceans Between Us
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2019
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The Orphans on the Train
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2023
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The Child at the Window
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Autumn Newsletter
As we near the end of August, there’s a slight sharpness in the morning air and bit by bit the nights are getting longer. The other day I smelled a whiff of bonfire smoke. Autumn is advancing slowly but surely. As a teacher of over 40 years, these little signs normally have me digging out my text books and sharpening my pencils ready for the new term. But not this year…
I ‘retired’ from teaching a Read more of this blog post »
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Impeccably researched and beautifully written, ‘Book of Forbidden Words’ is a remarkable novel. In linking time periods four hundred years apart, Louise draws a convincing and plausible line between women from different times who share a common visio
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I really didn’t want to read another book about WW2 but it had great reviews so I decided to take the time. This was an incredible read and I’m glad I read it. I would recommend having some Kleenex around for some parts of it. As you " Read more of this review » |
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| I adored ‘The Baby in her Arms’! It’s a heartbreaking story of a mother’s love and a stranger’s care. Suzanne Goldring presents with great compassion and understanding the terrible dilemma of a Jewish woman in World War Two trying to keep her newborn ...more | |
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“friendships are for one of three things: a reason, a season or for life.”
― The Orphans on the Train
― The Orphans on the Train
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“We often don’t question love. We don’t ask ourselves whether it’s still fit for purpose. I don’t know why that is. Perhaps we’re frightened of not liking the answer. Sometimes we’re too grateful to have been chosen.”
― The Rome Apartment
― The Rome Apartment
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