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Three Light-Years by Andrea Canobbio (transl. Anne Milano Appel): A love story

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Jacqui from JacquiWine’s Journal commented on my books to look out for in December post that Three Light-Years’ jacket seemed to fit its synopsis well: a grey, rainy day in which a woman is looking over her shoulder at a man, her expression a little solemn but unreadable. We can’t see his but it should […]

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My Mother is a River by Donatella Di Pietrantonio (transl. Franca Scurti Simpson): Calisi Press – ‘Celebrating Italian women writers’

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I’m always a little uncomfortable when I get a review copy from a small publisher. I can’t guarantee that I’ll review it unless I think it’s worth recommending and those books cost money, time and effort to post out. It’s easy shrugging off the likes of Penguin Random House but small presses prick my conscience,

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