roselose
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Reged: 24/09/2009
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Re Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay
I wholeheartedly agree with this review, this book is not as good as No Time for Goodbye but is definitely readable.
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sarahdeans
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Reged: 15/10/2009
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'AFTER THE FIRE' by Karen Campbell
If you like Kate Atkinson, you'll love this. It's a story about a family whose life is turned upside down by one terrible act - the shooting of an innocent girl. But the twist is that the killer is a police firearms officer, and he thought the girl was armed. Seen through the eyes of the policeman, his wife, the girl herself and one other character, it's a breath-taking, beautiful, and at times dark exploration of how life can implode without warning - and if you can find new ways of moving forward out of the wreckage. The first chapter plunges you straight into the nightmare, and is quite harrowing, but stick with it, and I promise you, you'll feel bereft when you're finished. Can't recommend it enough!
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maxijam
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Reged: 17/04/2009
Posts: 2
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'Climbing The Mango Trees' - by Madhur Jaffrey
‘Climbing The Mango Trees’ is Madhur Jaffrey’s memoir of her childhood in India. Her storytelling is wonderfully evocative, immersing the reader in the colours, sounds and smells of her home and homeland. Her descriptions of events big and small, really allow us to see these things through the eyes of the curious child that she was. Surprisingly, in light of her later career, she mentions that as a child she had no clue and indeed no interest in how the delicious food she often describes was made. A perfect recipe of travel writing, biography with a dash of cookery!
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suepd
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Reged: 27/03/2008
Posts: 7
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By the author of the 'Shopaholic' series, this is the story of Lara Lington and Sadie, the ghost of her Great Aunt, who won't rest until a lost necklace is restored to her. Light and frothy, chicklit at it's best with equal helpings of romance and comedy.Sadie - a real twenties girl - becomes Lara's guardian angel although i'm not sure an angel would make you ask a total stranger out on a date, in front of a room full of people and then 'encourage' you to wear twenties clothes, makeup and Marcel-waved hair on the date.
Yes, it's silly, far-fetched and predictable but don't we all need that sometimes?!
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lynne
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Reged: 13/03/2006
Posts: 938
Loc: The Far North Of England
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The Other Hand . Chris Cleave.
This impressive and mesmerizing story takes us on an astonishing journey that spans the suburbs of Kingston upon Thames and the African jungle . Every page unfolds at breakneck speed . Chris Cleave is an insightful writer whose portrayals of women are utterly convincing, He immerses us into the totally believable worlds of the two main characters, Sarah , a working mother, and Little Bee, a young victim of globalisation, an oil war and the British immigration system. Their lives collide at an horrific event on a beach in Africa .From then on they are linked by blood . In the chapters that follow we are forced to consider a barbaric world that it would be very easy to pretend doesn’t exist The unsettling interweaving of comedy and horror leaves the reader questioning their own beliefs and values and is an emotional roller coaster of a read that shocks, makes us laugh and moves us to tears.
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