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BEYOND THE AIRING CUPBOARD
Book reviews, poems, general musings and more!
Sorry, there are no clean, fluffy towels in this cupboard and there is no fresh bedlinen. Instead there is lots of reading and many rather random thoughts, altogether in a rather untidy pile. Enjoy your October books.
Latest Posts
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A Home at the End of the World – Michael Cunningham
I don’t always follow through when people recommend books to me. The older I get, the more I want to make my own choices. However, I’m very glad I picked this one up. I had recently read ‘The Hours’ by Michael Cunningham and loved it (and the film) so I had high expectations of this […]
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Gabriel’s Moon – William Boyd
I am a longtime fan of William Boyd, so I was pleased and intrigued to find this new paperback, not quite so hefty as most of his other volumes. There is a new hero, if that is the right word for him, Gabriel Dax and I found him both interesting and appealing. Chelsea, London, is […]
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A Long Winter – Colm Toibin
Smallish, hardback books are just too tempting for words, especially when they are written by an author that I truly revere. So, finding this book displayed face up on the front table of Waterstones, well, I just knew I was going to buy it. This is planets away from lengthy, family stories such as Brooklyn […]
I grew up in freezing cold Kent in the 1950s and early 60s. The airing cupboard was the one place to curl up comfortably and read. The cat sometimes chose to join me. He too knew where it was warm …
Susan Brice