Rosemary Hennessy In the Company of Radical Women Writers University of Minnesota Press, August 2023. Thank you NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Rosemary Hennessy’s stories from Black, Jewish, and white women who saw communism as an answer to the problems arising from the Great Depression is a riveting read. PerhapsContinue reading “Week beginning 20th March 2024”
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Week beginning 13 March 2024
Kathy Lette, The Revenge Club, Aria and Aries, May 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kathy Lette has not let her joy in creating a comedy undermine her strong story line that promotes the abilities and strengths of women fast approaching their sixties, a continuing fight to breakContinue reading “Week beginning 13 March 2024”
Week beginning January 24 2024
Kathryn Atherton Mary Neal and the Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing Pen & Sword History, January 2024. * Thank you, NetGalley, and Pen & Sword History for providing me with this uncorrected proof review. Reading Katheryn Atherton’s book has been an absolute delight. It is well written, with the usual Pen & Sword accessible language, formatContinue reading “Week beginning January 24 2024”
Week beginning 27 December 2023
Karen Brooks The Escapades of Tribulation Johnson Harlequin Australia, HQ, July 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Unlike The Good Wife of Bath where Karen Brooks’ Eleanor instantly endeared herself to me, it took me longer to warm to Tribulation. However, it was well worth taking that journeyContinue reading “Week beginning 27 December 2023”
Week Beginning 28 June 2023
The book I review this week, America’s Black Capital How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy, was given to me by NetGalley as an uncorrected proof. It is reviewed after a tribute to Simon Crean, former Leader of the Australian Labor Party. I was very sad to hear of Simon Crean’sContinue reading “Week Beginning 28 June 2023”
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