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The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
I was looking forward to reading The Improbability of Love. It came highly recommended by a friend who couldn’t put it down and described it
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michelle7546
- Oct 7, 2016
- 1 min
My Husband's Son by Deborah O' Connor. A book review
I was asked to review the this novel by the publisher because I wrote a very favourable review here for Apple Tree Yard. My Husband’s Son be
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michelle7546
- Oct 5, 2016
- 3 min
My 60th birthday bash
For my 60th birthday I took my closest family — those who were able to travel abroad— away for the weekend. I wanted to visit the...
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michelle7546
- Sep 26, 2016
- 1 min
The Girls by Emma Cline/ a review
We get to know Evie as a young girl growing up in the 70s. The granddaughter of a TV star. Sharpened by cynicism and suffering from a...
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michelle7546
- Jul 28, 2016
- 3 min
Diana Krall and Oporto
Being totally unenamoured with mainstream television I am always on the lookout for entertainment in other areas. A short while ago I...
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michelle7546
- Jul 12, 2016
- 1 min
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney - A review
Most years I love the winner of the Bailey’s. Not the drinking competition, I mean the novel that wins the literary prize. And not the...
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michelle7546
- Jun 27, 2016
- 1 min
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon - A Review
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon is a lovely quirky novel, told predominantly through the eyes of a 10 year old girl,...
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michelle7546
- Jan 6, 2016
- 3 min
My Crisis at Christmas Volunteering Experience
I’m not sure why I felt compelled to be a volunteer for Crisis over Christmas, especially when the charity said they were not interested...
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michelle7546
- Dec 7, 2015
- 1 min
Book Review/Apple Tree Yard
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty Recommended by Danny at WEL Books I haven’t read many books this year that I haven’t wanted to put...
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michelle7546
- Nov 28, 2015
- 4 min
Land of the Thunder Dragon/Bhutan
‘Utopia is no place, it doesn’t exist; it never did and it never will.’ Douglas Murray contemporary journalist and commentator on...
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michelle7546
- Aug 27, 2014
- 3 min
The day writes the words right across the sky
The last six months has been the anticipatory period between Kate Bush announcing her residency at the Hammersmith Apollo and the first...
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