The book I review this week is, in my opinion, somewhat of a throwback to a different age. Of course, the attitudes of the time were of a different age, but their perpetuation in the 2020s is an interesting phenomenon. To be fair, the title is modern – no ‘air hostesses’ here! Despite this proviso,Continue reading “Week beginning 1 February 2023”
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Week beginning 8 December 2021
One of the books I have reviewed features in the final round for the Goodreads Best Books of 2021, and another I reviewed, is a biography of Amanda Gorman. Marc Shapiro, Work Up: The Life of Amanda Gorman reflects upon the life of the finalist, writer of The Hill We Climb, An Inaugural Poem forContinue reading “Week beginning 8 December 2021”
Week beginning 25 August 2021
This week I review two Australian authors, one of whom uses an Australian setting, the other provides a background to a family who emigrate to Australia after the second world war. Tania Blanchard’s Echoes of War was provided to me by Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for review and Louise Guy’s Her Last Hope providedContinue reading “Week beginning 25 August 2021”
Week beginning 17th March 2021
Book Reviews: Julia Cooke, Come Fly The World, The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. Women’s History Month Women’s March 4 Women Rally Canberra 15 March Thousands of people, predominantly women, but with plenty of men, children and dogs also in attendance, rallied at Parliament House, Canberra. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 17th March 2021”
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