Blogs in January 1970

Dar es Salaam: A Novel 1st January 1970

Tatum, an adolescent young woman, travels with her family on holiday to Dar es Salaam where she finds herself attracted to Mohammed (Mo), who is a 40-year-old Indian man and friend of her stepfather.

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Riversong 1st January 1970

a colorful cast of endearing small-town characters and takes you on a journey that will make you believe in the possibilities of life – even in the face of overwhelming adversity and unimaginable grief. Lee Tucker is the kind...

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 1st January 1970

Set in the Great Depression and told retrospecitvely from the 1980s. Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison have opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, and the small town in Alabama became a home form home. You could get eggs, grits, bacon,...

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Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend 1st January 1970

A student flat on the Old Kent Road (look it up on the Monopoly Board if you aren’t familiar with it!). Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town – she knows all the right people, goes to all the...

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The Dream of Scipio 1st January 1970

Set in Provence at three crucial moments of Western civilisation (the final collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the 14th century, and the Second World War in the 20th), Pears presents the...

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