Blogs in January 1970

A Parachute in the Lime Tree 1st January 1970

April 1941. German bombers are in the air, about to attack Belfast. Oskar is a Luftwaffe conscript whose sweetheart, Elsa, was forced to flee Berlin for Ireland two years before. War-weary, he longs for escape. In remote Dunkerin, Kitty...

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A Venetian Affair 1st January 1970

It’s hard to imagine a more romantic real-life story than the long and forbidden love affair of the 18th-century Venetian nobleman Andrea Memmo and a half-English beauty named Giustiniana Wynne. Andrea Di Robilant’s A Venetian Affair is drawn in...

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Love in Translation 1st January 1970

Stuck. That’s how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels. Stuck with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career. But then Celeste receives a puzzling phone call and a box full of mysterious family heirlooms, which just might be the first...

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Elza’s Kitchen 1st January 1970

For years, Elza has managed to get by. She has her own little restaurant in the Hungarian city of Delibab cooking quality versions of her country’s classics and serving them with a smile. But lately her smile has become...

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Nantucket Nights 1st January 1970

A full moon, a twenty-year old friendship- and a Nantucket night no one would ever forget… For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette, and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their...

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