The Three Miss Kings by Ada Cambridge Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant A time of love and tartan : A 44 Scotland Street novel by Alexander McCall Smith Percy Grainger by John Bird Tomaree by Debbie Robson
Books
Books I Didn’t Finish
I ended last year with the feeling that I had started but not finished almost as many books as I had read from cover to cover. This was an exaggeration of course, it was less than half that number. Not that any of the books were badly written, it was simply that they failed to … Continue reading Books I Didn’t Finish
My Reading – July 2017
A Writing Life: Helen Garner and her Work by Bernadette Brennan Days Without End: A Novel by Sebastian Barry New Boy : Othello Retold by Tracy Chevalier The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Book Review – The Golden Age by Joan London
The Golden Age is a Perth convalescent hospital for children recovering from poliomyelitis. Under the care of dedicated nurses and physiotherapists, the children are taught to use their limbs again and to gain the independence necessary for their return to the outside world. In this nurturing environment, cut off from their familiar lives with family … Continue reading Book Review – The Golden Age by Joan London
My Reading – June 2017
Towers in the Mist by Elizabeth Goudge Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore The Golden Age by Joan London The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
Book Review – Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore begins and ends with short chapters set in the present. The story proper commences in 1789 with a man burying a woman’s body in an isolated glade in the fading darkness before sunrise. Three years on Lizzie Fawkes begins her story - she is newly married to widower, John Diner … Continue reading Book Review – Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
My Reading – May 2017
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova Mothering Sunday : A Romance by Graham Swift Typewriter Music by David Malouf The Muse by Jessie Burton The Marriage Certificate by Stephen Molyneux A Glimpse of Happiness by Jean Fullerton
My Reading – April 2017
Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter. The first stone : some questions about sex and power by Helen Garner La Princesse de Clèves by Madame de Lafayette Deadly intent by Anna Sweeney Save
My Reading – March 2017
Nutshell by Ian McEwan Miss Nobody by Ethel Carnie Epitaph by Maria Russell Doria One Woman's War and Peace : A Nurse's Journey Through the Royal Australian Air Force by Sharon Bown
My Reading – February 2017
Wild Island by Jennifer Livett The Forgotten Highlander by Alister Urquhart Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Save
