Long Island by Colm Tóibín ‘That Irishman has been here again,’ Francesca said, sitting down at the kitchen table. The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia by Joy Damousi ‘No event has ever destroyed so much,’ wrote Sigmund Freud a year after the outbreak of the First World War, ‘that has … Continue reading My Reading – May & June 2024
Faces in the Street – Where have I seen you before?
One thing that has struck me as I have trawled through hundreds of photographs over the past few years is the way some people look to be people of their time and others, despite the period clothing and arrangement of the hair, have thoroughly modern faces. The members of this family certainly look to be … Continue reading Faces in the Street – Where have I seen you before?
Snippet: Murder on West Main by I M Foster
Today I’m delighted to be sharing a snippet from I M Foster’s novel Murder on West Main as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Murder on West Main is a cozy murder mystery set on Edwardian Long Island and is part of the South Shore Mystery series. Blurb When … Continue reading Snippet: Murder on West Main by I M Foster
Handy Household Hints – The Art of Making Do
Historical newspapers are a treasure trove of information about the ways people lived in the past. The Wanted Ads can provide us with information about everything from the types of jobs on offer, the people offering services, the range of accommodation, and the wide variety of goods traded and sold, not to mention the infinite … Continue reading Handy Household Hints – The Art of Making Do
Book Review – West of Santillane by Brook Allen
Blurb Desperate to escape a mundane future as a Virginia planter’s wife, Julia Hancock seizes her chance for adventure when she wins the heart of American hero William Clark. Though her husband is the famed explorer, Julia embarks on her own thrilling and perilous journey of self-discovery. With her gaze ever westward, Julia possesses a … Continue reading Book Review – West of Santillane by Brook Allen
My Reading – April 2024
Flesh in Armour by Leonard Mann Through the chill blur of an afternoon early in August, 1917, the figures of two men in long, tawny greatcoats, lurched wearily out of the London throng and seated themselves on the stone railing in Trafalgar Square with their backs to the classical portico of the National Gallery and … Continue reading My Reading – April 2024
Wordless Wednesday – Whiskers
The First Anzacs
Often we think we know our country’s history, particularly if we are only one degree of separation from those who made that history. Many people of my age had grandfathers who fought in World War One. We have some of their stories, though often highly sanitized if they were told to us as children. I … Continue reading The First Anzacs
The Viola Factor by Sheridan Brown
Today I’m delighted to be presenting Sheridan Brown’s recently released novel, The Viola Factor, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Book Trailer https://youtu.be/yrtEyjFaC5A Blurb The Viola Factor takes place at a time when the country faced division and growth after the American Civil War. Viola Knapp Ruffner (1812-1903) … Continue reading The Viola Factor by Sheridan Brown
Catherine Meyrick 