Blogs in July 2023

French Braid 3rd July 2023

When Mercy Garrett moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice. All she wants is space and silence. No clutter. Not even their cat, Desmond. But it turns out family life is impossible to escape...

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If Morning Ever Comes 7th July 2020

Ben Joe Hawkes is a worrier. Raised by his mother, grandmother, and a flock of busy sisters, he’s always felt the outsider. When he learns that one of his sisters has left her husband, he heads for home and...

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Redhead by the Side of the Road 8th December 2019

Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands...

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A Spool of Blue Thread 6th October 2015

This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that summer’s day in 1959. The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have...

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Digging to America 1st January 1970

Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting...

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