Blogs in January 1970

Next to Love 1st January 1970

Babe, Grace and Millie have been best friends since their first day at kindergarten. Now they are newly married, and the men have gone to war. They thrive on letters from their absent sweethearts, and on the closeness they’ve...

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The Hummingbird’s Daughter 1st January 1970

an epic mystical drama of a young woman’s sudden sainthood in late-19th century Mexico. It is 1889 and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16 year old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful...

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The Savage Detectives 1st January 1970

Los Detectivos Salvajes is an urban odyssey set in the sprawl of 1975 Mexico City. Written by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, the novel won the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize and is counted among his most successful novels,...

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Light on Snow 1st January 1970

Best-selling author Anita Shreve has chosen as her latest protagonist a 12-year-old girl, whose life has not just been touched by tragedy, but blown apart by it. Nicky and her father have moved to a remote house on the...

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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum 1) 1st January 1970

Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She’s lost her job, her car is about to be reposessed and she has sold much of her furniture…. Her cousin Vinnie is offering her a job to bring in vice cop,...

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