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Book reviews by themothershipabroadNov 17, 20212:54 amNovember 17, 2021
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96. ‘Shadow Country’ by Peter Matthiessen

What a fantastic read! 892 pages, three ‘books’ in one volume, three different aspects of the same story. It is brilliant, simply amazing – one of the best books I have read this year. Interesting […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadNov 5, 20218:06 am
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95. ‘Guernica’ by Dave Boling

As I suspect is true for many of us, I knew of Guernica mostly in relation to the incredibly powerful Picasso painting of the same name, and that it was a Basque town that had […]

blog by themothershipabroadOct 30, 20213:45 am
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BeckyandVince – an ‘honesty’ post about our journey this year.

It’s been a massive struggle getting up and running again, I’m not going to lie. When I finally arrived back in Australia from the UK back in March, Third Son asked me, ‘Are you REALLY […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 28, 20219:20 pm
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94. ‘The Professors House’ by Willa Cather

A completely new author for me, and one I’m thrilled to have stumbled across; I bought this at the rather wonderful Harry Hartog’s book shop and it is delightful. I’ve found myself reading a lot […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 22, 202111:28 pm
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93. ‘Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead

My second read from this author and it’s another stunner, as deeply traumatic to read as was ‘The Underground Railroad’ and while once again focusing attention on the appalling injustices and abuse suffered by black […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadSep 16, 202111:35 pm
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92. ‘City of Girls’ by Elizabeth gilbert.

If you know me, you’ll know that ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ is right up there as one of my least liked books, and as a result, I haven’t read anything else from this author…until now! This […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadSep 8, 202112:28 am
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91. The Underground Railroad by colson whitehead

Without a doubt one of the most powerful books I have ever read. I was loaned this recently with the warning that it was unsettling, in fact deeply disturbing, and I pass these words on […]

blog by themothershipabroadMar 25, 202112:40 am
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HOWARD SPRINGS – A Quarantine experience.

I saw an article recently in one of the Australian newspapers that described two weeks in the Howard Springs quarantine facility as being like ‘a holiday’…I’m going to disagree politely and describe it instead as […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadMar 12, 202111:06 amMarch 13, 2021
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90. ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig – on day 3 of quarantine

I had seen so many people reading this book that I bought it as a ‘plane’ read for my flight home to Australia – in fact as I write, I am on Day 3 of […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadFeb 28, 20212:38 pm
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89. ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy

I’m not reading this again – I have done so at least twice… although, if it doesn’t get snapped up, I may well keep it in reserve for re-reading during the compulsory fortnight of hotel […]

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