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BEYOND THE AIRING CUPBOARD
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September is a month of cooler mornings, longer shadows and the first sweater pulled gently from the drawer.
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The Vault – Ruth Rendell
I picked this up from my bookshelves as a gentle remedy to struggling with Graham Greene’s existential questionings in ‘The end of the affair.’ It proved to be a very good choice. I haven’t read Ruth Rendell for a long time and I had forgotten what an accomplished, confident writer she is. I particularly enjoyed […]
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The End of the Affair – Graham Greene
I had decided to read some more by this acclaimed writer but I’m not sure I made the right choice. I did not enjoy this novel as much as his previous offerings, particularly Brighton Rock. Graham Greene became a Roman Catholic in his twenties and it was an important part of his life. In this […]
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Transatlantic – Julie Orringer
Usually I watch a film or a TV series after I’ve read the book but in this case the Netflix series was on my screen long before I realised there even was a book, written as it happens by an author I had never heard of either. Being Netflix, the available funds for this project […]
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