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Just one post for April’s paperbacks which includes five I’ve already read, beginning with a novel by an author who doesn’t get nearly the attention she deserves. Georgina Harding’s Harvest is the third in a loosely linked trilogy about the Ashe family and echoes both The Gun Room and Land of the Living in its …
Paperbacks to Look Out For Out for in April 2022 Read More »
I’m incapable of resisting a novel with a Cape Cod summer setting. Something about families thrust together in unaccustomed closeness, brought face to face with their pasts, usually with a few dark secrets thrown in, plus lovely descriptions of the New England coast. There’s usually one every year and this year’s is Miranda Cowley Heller’s …
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller: ‘This is the end of a long story’ Read More »
Far fewer titles than usual have caught my eye for July when the holiday reading season is in full swing, not much of which appeals to me. That said, there’s usually at least one novel that falls neatly into that pigeonhole which takes my fancy. This year’s is Miranda Cowley Heller’s The Paper Palace spanning …