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This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books

  • A Virago for August!

    “We are a photograph, the same photograph of every year with me a summer older, so a summer taller: lanky Joan, outgrowing the world around her. It is always Selsey Beach, a stretch of bare sand on the South Coast, and there are certain constants: myself, Granny, in her tight-bodiced dress, crocheting or gazing out…

    chrisharding53

    August 5, 2016
    20thC, Novels, Virago
    Joanna, Lisa St Aubin de Teran, Mothers and Daughters
  • The Left Bank

    Bonjour mes amis! It’s Paris in July again,  thanks to Tamara at Thyme for Tea, who has been running her annual glorification of all things French for seven years, and I’m always amazed at how many different books, films, foods and songs people come up with. I love to see their contributions and, since there is…

    chrisharding53

    July 24, 2016
    20thC, Novels, Uncategorized
    France, Jean Rhys, Paris in July
  • Help!

    Help!

    Bother. Trying to change appearance, and I’ve lost the links. Configure links, it said. So I clicked on it. And they’ve vanished! Aha, found them. Right at the bottom. How do I get them back to the side I wonder?

    chrisharding53

    July 24, 2016
    Uncategorized
  • Troy Chimneys

    Since I am still in catching-up mode I am trying to cobble together a hasty review on Margaret Kennedy’s Troy Chimneys, so I can take part in Margaret Kennedy Day over at Jane’s blog, Beyond Eden Rock. I must admit I know nothing about Margaret Kennedy, and I’ve never read anything by her, although this has been…

    chrisharding53

    June 20, 2016
    20thC, Novels, Virago
    Margaret Kennedy, Troy Chimneys
  • Beryl Bainbridge Wrap-Up

    A quick update for those of you who love Beryl Bainbridge! Annabel (Gaskella), over at Annabel’s House of Books has now posted links to all the reviews people wrote for Beryl Bainbridge Reading Week. It’s always interesting to read other people’s ideas about authors and books, and there are some lovely reviews which make me…

    chrisharding53

    June 20, 2016
    20thC, Novels
    Beryl Bainbridge
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