This book left me with a lingering sense of loss and a burning desire to read Great Expectations. This is a book about the power of stories and the way great stories help us to understand the world. It is also about what makes people part of a community, and how communities behave when they … Continue reading
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The Children’s Book, A.S. Byatt
Finally. Finished. I was worried about this book from the start as it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and I quite regularly don’t enjoy Booker Prize winners. But the blurb on the back made it sound so exactly like the sort of book I would enjoy reading. Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special … Continue reading