When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
2000, Faber and Faber Although this book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000, and its author has won several prizes including...
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Jul 173 min read
The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
1919, The McCall Company I love this book about being a woman, expressed by main character Marise through her inner thoughts on...
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Jul 111 min read
the Twin by Gerbrand Bakker
2009, Vintage This first book by Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker won the 2010 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. I don't have much...
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Jul 41 min read
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
1982, Penguin We read this book for bookclub. Luckily, in spite of jetlag, Yvonne had just finished it before our meeting and could...
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Jun 271 min read
The Other Side of You by Salley Vickers
2006, Fourth Estate Caravaggio the painter comes to mind when I think of this book, about a woman who has tried to commit suicide and...
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Jun 62 min read
Atonement by Ian McEwan
2002, Vintage Today in Normandy, France, the 80th anniversary World War II D-Day Landings commemoration ceremonies are taking place as I...
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Apr 181 min read
Petite Series: In the Country of Others by Leila Slimani
Original title: Le pays des autres Part 1: War, war, war First published Editions Gallimard, 2020 SUMMARY: Book 2 of the historical...
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Apr 41 min read
Petite Series: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
1996, Faber and Faber SUMMARY: Two Hindu "untouchables" Ishvar and Om move from their village to a big city in India and become friends...
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Mar 151 min read
Petite Series: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
2023, One World Publications Ltd SUMMARY: A descent into the dystopian hell of an authoritarian regime takeover in an imaginary city in...
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Dec 20, 20232 min read
Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson
Jonathan Cape, 1937 Persephone, 2006 Interview with Susan Hudson kb: Sue, I loved reading this unique book you recommended. Summarize it...
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Nov 30, 20231 min read
Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
1992, HarperCollins In these short stories set in Washington D.C., the author of The Known World invites the reader to see the uniqueness...
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Nov 16, 20231 min read
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Chona runs a grocery store in the poor section of town, and refuses to move when her husband starts moving up in the world. She loves her...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
2022, Harper In Demon Copperhead, Kingsolver courageously tackles two crises in the United States: a deficient foster child care system,...
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
My bookies* Jane, Yvonne and I read Louise Kennedy's first novel many months ago. Longlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize, it's about a...
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Oct 4, 20232 min read
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With Autumn in, I feel the need to rapidly record my rare reads of the receding-out-to-sea summer. Rememberings, Sinéad O'Connor, 2021....
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Aug 20, 20231 min read
Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannon
Persephone Books Guest Review by Susan Hudson After bringing up children, Priscilla is left asking herself, what was it all for? This...
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Aug 3, 20231 min read
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
1994, St. Martin's Press Even if you walk the same road a hundred times, you'll find something different each time. (211) I especially...
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Jun 22, 20233 min read
The Door by Magda Szabó
1987, East European Monographs/Harvill Secker Bookclub meeting, 21 April 2023 Oh dear, why didn't I take better notes of our bookclub...
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Jun 15, 20235 min read
A Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
1860, William Blackwood and Sons This is the story of Maggie and her older brother Tom set in the English countryside, in 1829-1840. They...
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Jun 15, 20231 min read
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
1958 Thanks to Tom Lynn, Associate Professor of English at Penn State Berks, for this synopsis. Chinua Achebe, whose novels are read...
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