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Book reviews by themothershipabroadFeb 20, 20213:17 pm
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88. ‘The Story of the British Isles in 100 places’ by Neil Oliver

First published in 2018, this delightful book is not from Mum’s library, but it is certainly one that would have appealed to her enormously. Before her retirement from teaching, and before we lost my fabulous […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadFeb 17, 202111:47 am
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87. ‘go set a watchman’ by harper lee… plus a copy of ‘mockingbird’

Back in April 2020, I reviewed and gifted forward Mum’s copy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Such a fine novel, first published in 1960 and one which firmly holds a place as a ‘must read’ […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadFeb 6, 20218:20 am
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86. ‘the death zone’ by matt dickinson

A while ago I posted about the surprising quantity of mountaineering books I had found in Mum’s books, astonished to find so many volumes about a subject I had no idea she was interested in. […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadJan 21, 202112:54 pm
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85. ‘Fraud’ by Anita Brookner

Written in 1992, and read by Mum in 1998, this is a short, and yet perfectly formed novel. The cast of characters is small and almost entirely female; the author captures both the breadth and […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadDec 28, 20208:58 am
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84. ‘Wild Swans’ by Jung Chang

This is an extraordinary book, one that really is hard to put down, and certainly hard to forget. I remember reading it back in the early 90’s when it was first published, and being deeply […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 30, 20209:58 am
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83. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du maurier

‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’ A sentence I shall never forget, the opening line to one of the greatest, in my opinion anyway, books ever written. I love all her books, […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 26, 20205:20 pmOctober 26, 2020
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82. ‘Ten Cities that made an empire’ by Tristram Hunt.

A rather brilliant non fiction volume from Mum’s bookshelves – like me, Mum was always fond of a good history book, and this is no exception. The premise is to tell the story of the […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 21, 20209:40 am
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81. ‘The Duchess’ by Amanda Foreman.

Before I start, I have to say I was initially very put off by the obvious reference to Martin Bashirs 1995 interview with Princess Diana on the cover, regardless of how true the quotation is […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 16, 20209:18 am
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80. ‘Mildred pierce’ by james m. cain

Recently, I’ve taken to pulling a book off the shelves at random rather than spending time choosing one, and so far, I have to say, it is paying off! Mum had marvellous taste in books […]

Book reviews by themothershipabroadOct 9, 20206:13 am
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79. ‘The Mandibles’ by lionel shriver

I do not think it would be an exaggeration to say this this is the most disturbing, the most enthralling, and one of the best written books I have pulled from Mum’s library this year. […]

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