Blogs in January 1970

Lucy in the Sky 1st January 1970

Lucy is heading back to Australia for her best friend’s wedding when she gets a text from her boyfriend’s phone from someone saying they have just slept with him. She is just about to take off, trapped for many...

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Fairytale of New York 1st January 1970

Are happy-ever-afters made in Manhattan? Find out in this gorgeous debut, perfect for cold winter nights. Once upon a time an English girl went to New York to live out her very own fairytale… Florist Rosie Duncan’s life couldn’t...

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Every Day, Every Hour 1st January 1970

Dora and Luka are inseparable: ever since he fainted at the sight of her – walking into the classroom with her new schoolbag – and she woke him with a chaste kiss, it has been love at first sight....

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The Alexandria Quartet 1st January 1970

Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea make up the Alexandria Quartet. Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...

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The Journal of Dora Damage 1st January 1970

London, 1859. By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands, it is too late – their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the...

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