Angela Youngman The Dark Side of Jane Austen’s World Pen & Sword|Pen & Sword History, August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Angela Youngman’s detailed and absorbing exploration of Jane Austen’s world, through her own narratives and additional material, is a valuable read. AlthoughContinue reading “Week beginning 1 January 2025”
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Week beginning 1 November 2023
With my return to London, to a hotel in the east end, * I thought it appropriate to review (The) Queens of London (the proof title includes ‘The’) by Heather Webb, set in the past in the city streets of London. In a few weeks I shall be looking at another book also set inContinue reading “Week beginning 1 November 2023”
Week beginning 8 June 2022
Carlene Bauer Girls They Write Songs About Farrer, Strauss and Giroux 2022. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof in exchange for an honest review. Carlene Bauer’s novel is a modern approach to women’s friendship. However, where I think of women’s friendship novels as underpinned by a notion of sisterhood that includesContinue reading “Week beginning 8 June 2022”
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