The Lemon Grove 1st January 1970
One hot summer. One week in a villa on the outskirts of Deia, a village nestling in the rugged, mountainous west coast of the island of Mallorca. One family for whom the carefully laid jigsaw of life is about...
Blogs in January 1970
An Englishwoman in New York 1st January 1970
When Lucy’s husband loses his job and is relocated to New York, she is forced to give up her posh London life and move to a tiny Manhattan apartment. Homesick and resentful at first, Lucy soon finds herself embarking...
The Sound and the Fury 1st January 1970
Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured...
Tirra Lirra by the River 1st January 1970
Life has become a series of escapes for Nora Porteous – from small-town family life: the hypocrisy of a mean-hearted husband and in-laws: and the suffocation of Suburbia. Nora endures with courage, intelligence and humour as, in this book,...
La’s Orchestra Saves the World 1st January 1970
With a failed marriage behind her, La — short for Lavender — moves to the Suffolk countryside on the eve of the Second World War to nurse her broken heart. Lonely and at a loss, a friend encourages her...
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