I realised that although two other recent reviews – The Comrade from Milan and Second-Hand Time – mentioned Maria Stepanova’s family history, …
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This The Comrade from Milan review came via a Verso Book Club subscription, which I recommend if you are into discovering new …
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I love a good multigenerational family saga with strong women at its heart – perhaps one like Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – and …
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If you, like me, are looking forward to this year’s Women in Translation Month and anticipating all the new books and writers …
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There is much to enjoy about Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, it kept me up reading later than was sensible! But while its appearance …
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A post on about romance in books reminded me that I had been meaning to write this At the End of the …
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It is always a happy time of year when what must be one of everyone’s favourite book events – 20 Books of …
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Reading In Memory of Memory made me think about how we consider ours and our relatives’ recollections not only of far-off things, …
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This The Undiscovered Country review feels long overdue, as I have been cheering the book on ever since reading the synopsis back …
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If you like the idea of regularly supporting one independent publisher and also of receiving more books than you might read in …
