The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – the masquerade of identity
It was hard to miss The Vanishing Half in 2020, it seemed to feature in so many “best books” and
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A Spool Of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler — family life unravelled
Anne Tyler’s novel about four families of the Whitshank family falls into the category of books I consider “enjoyable but
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Tangerine by Christine Mangan — a thriller without the thrills
If you pick up Christine Mangan’s debut novel Tangerine, expecting to be thrust into the heady cultural melting pot of
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett – frozen in the past
After the first experience of Ann Patchett’s fiction, via the magnificent Bel Canto, my expectations were riding high when I
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I’m kicking myself for leaving The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton unread for so many years. This masterpiece of
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