Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – powerful tale of love and music
An absorbing novel about the power of music and the human capacity to form relationships in extraordinary circumstances.
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Ann Patchett
Sample Sunday: Will Orphan Pamuk, Ann Patchett and B A Paris Get To Survive?
A memoir of life in Mao’s China, a boy’s journey through war ravaged Africa and a grief struck Scottish community. Which of these books deserve space on my shelves?
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Dear Authors – This Reader Wants More Courage, Complexity and Atmosphere
Dear Authors I know I run the risk of sounding too much like Oliver Twist, but I’m definitely feeling hungry.
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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
Read moreSample Sunday: 3 Bargain Shop Buys
My Sample Sunday spotlight this week is turned on three books on my TBR shelves that I bought in charity
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