The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex — perils of the sea
The Lamplighters takes inspiration from one of the big unsolved puzzles of modern times: the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers
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Book Reviews
The Women in Black by Madeleine St John — a smart edgy comic tale
In The Women in Black the hopes and dreams of four women converge in the Ladies’ Cocktail Frocks section of
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In the Approaches by Nicola Barker — Confusion abounds
In the Approaches by Nicola Barker is one of those books where the author seems to be having so much fun they’ve
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The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett — emotional lives of women
My expectations for The Old Wives’ Tale were — unfairly as it turned out — coloured by Virginia Woolf’s assessment
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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy — crossing dangerous boundaries
It seems fitting to write a review of Trespasses during the week of events marking the anniversary of the Good
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