Someone driving through Durton (or Dirt Town as the kids call it) wouldn’t be that impressed with its single road of basic shops,...
DebraFebruary 14, 2023
This book is so funny I laughed out loud a lot while reading it. The scenario will be recognisable to anyone who went...
DebraFebruary 14, 2023
This is my book of the year. I circled around this one for a while because it sounded worthy but depressing. It’s inspired...
DebraDecember 24, 2022
This novel alternates between three narrators – Jenna in the past, Fairlie in the present, and letters from Evelyn to her daughter Jenna....
DebraDecember 23, 2022
I woke up in the night with a head full of worries, unable to get back to sleep. That’s when I got up...
DebraNovember 21, 2022
This is a remarkable book. It starts out in a ‘Cube’ which is a solitary confinement prison cell. The woman is rude to...
DebraNovember 21, 2022
I first met Elizabeth Strout’s writing through the voice of Olive Kitteridge, and loved the acerbic, achingly honest tone of this character. Lucy...
DebraOctober 23, 2022
Julia Glass is one of my go-to writers. So, fresh from reading The Widower’s Tale, I was delighted to see that she has...
DebraOctober 23, 2022
The central character in this novel is Percy Darling, a sprightly 70-year-old man, who has mostly kept to himself since his wife died...
DebraOctober 23, 2022
I love the set up of Eddy, Eddy … a young guy living with his uncle Brian in Christchurch, embarrassed by him but...
DebraOctober 23, 2022
