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Blogs in January 2015

The Fall of a Sparrow 28th January 2015

The centre of the story and the events and emotions in the characters lives’ is the death of Cookie in the Bologna train bomb in 1980. It chronicles the family’s struggle to heal itself after the death.

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The Sixteen Pleasures 1st January 1970

In 1966 the Arno River in Florence floods its banks causing hug devastation to stored artworks, and antique books. As a book conservator Margot Harrington flie in – along with many other volunteers – to add expert help in...

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The Italian Lover 1st January 1970

Margot, book conservator, discovered a manuscript and prints The Sixteen Pleasures by Pietro Aretino, which featured in the prequel to this book. Meanwhile Alan Woody Woodhull pays his guitar at the local Bebop Club while also teaching at the...

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