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Here is a link to my latest review for the excellent book site, Bookbrowse. White Houses by Amy Bloom was a really interesting read, not least because I had very little (no) foreknowledge about Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickock. In fact while I was reading it I kept stopping people (people I know, not strangers,…
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A post a little off my normal historical reading and writing beat… First, a little background. Between 1991 and 1998 and again between 2004 and 2008, Chris and I lived in south Manchester – in Heaton Moor, Sale and Bramhall to be be precise. Maddie (now 12) was born at Stepping Hill in Stockport. And…
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Although it doesn’t qualify as a historical novel (thankfully – since I can remember 1984 pretty well!), this excellent novel evokes the recent past. Well worth reading. Here’s my review of High Dive for Bookbrowse.com https://www.bookbrowse.com/mag/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/3367/high-dive I think this link will work for a while and then after that you need to join BookBrowse to…
Kate braithwaite 