Barbara Kingsolver Holding the Line Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike Faber and Faber Ltd, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Barbara Kingsolver has written a non-fiction book that echoes the skill she demonstrates in her fiction. The preface is a wonderful insight into the authorContinue reading “Week beginning 30 April 2025”
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Week beginning 4 December 2024
Dava Sobel The Elements of Marie Curie How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Grove Atlantic | Atlantic Monthly Press, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Marie Curie who emerges from this book would appreciate the way in which it isContinue reading “Week beginning 4 December 2024”
Week Beginning 21 June 2023
The book review this week is The Bedroom Window by K.L. Slater. However, I am also referring to the work I reviewed last week as that post had a very short time online as it was posted so late. Besides, I really love the cover of Plague Searchers and it deserves another airing . K.L.Continue reading “Week Beginning 21 June 2023”
Week beginning 3 May 2023
Kerry Wilkinson The One Who Fell (A Whitecliff Bay Mystery Book 1) Bookouture, April 2023. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The One Who Fell, the first in a series, is thoroughly enjoyable. The novels that follow are further evidence that I have found a new series toContinue reading “Week beginning 3 May 2023”
Week Beginning 7 December 2022
This week’s review is Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead Faber and Faber 2022. Barbara Kingsolver has been one of my favourite authors since reading The Poisonwood Bible. However, this has not been consistent – some of her books I have really enjoyed; others I have admired; and yet others have disappointed. I came to Demon CopperheadContinue reading “Week Beginning 7 December 2022”
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