Sample Sunday: An Overdose of Toxicity?
Novels about a toxic mother/daughter relationship and murder: Which of these books will I decide to keep on my shelves to read in the future?
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6 Degrees From Phosphorescence to Regeneration
This month’s 6 Degrees of Separation, which begins with Phosphorescence by Julia Baird. has tied me up in knots. I had
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Sample Sunday: Iris Murdoch, Pat Barker, Margaret Drabble
This week’s candidates for Sample Sunday are all novels by female authors that could be considered “grand dames” of British
Read moreThe Ghost Road by Pat Barker
In deck-chairs all along the front the bald pink knees of Bradford businessmen nudged the sun. The opening of Pat
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