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From war to parenthood

Advantages: Sometimes very moving, well written, compelling account of new motherhood
Disadvantages: Might disappoint some readers of her earlier war reportage

Two war reporters decide to settle down to a more ordinary, domestic life, away from the world’s conflicts, in Paris. They are having a baby. This effort at normal life turns out to be more stressful for them both than they could have imagined. Janine ...

elkiedee 21.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Ghosts by Daylight - Janine di Giovanni

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Fit for purpose?

Advantages: Openness about Keating's contribution, has Gooch's authentic voice...
Disadvantages: ...the trouble is that Gooch's authentic voice is a bit of a drone!

Background Graham Gooch was one of the England cricket team's longest-serving players, making his Test debut against Australia back in 1975 (and scoring nought in both innings!) and bowing out in a crushing defeat in Australia very nearly two dec ...

davidbuttery 04.04.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Gooch: My Autobiography - Graham Gooch, Frank Keating

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The undisputed queen of Regency romance

Advantages: Interesting and informative
Disadvantages: More likely to be of interest to Heyer fans

It's almost forty years since Georgette Heyer died and yet with the exception of the five titles she herself had suppressed, all of her novels are still in print and still selling in large quantities and year on year she's still attracting new readers. By ...

ladybracknell 27.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller - Jennifer Kloester

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