Blogs in January 1970

The House on Mango Street 1st January 1970

A series of vignettes, rather than a structured novel, House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros’s semi-autobiographical account of growing up Chicana in a poor area of Chicago. Esperanza Cordero, at age eleven, has already discovered that being able...

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The Total Zone 1st January 1970

Jordan Myles is an ex tennis pro. She is looking for Audrey Armat one of the best tennis players and her travels take her to Florida, Wimbledon, and Flushing Meadows to find out what has happened to her. When...

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Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets (#2) 1st January 1970

(Sequel to Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play) It’s 1927 in Galveston, Texas-the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine (“Jazz”) Cross is an ambitious 21-year-old society reporter for the Galveston Gazette who tries to be taken seriously by the good-old-boy...

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About a Girl 1st January 1970

The brand new summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Tess Brookes has always been a Girl with a Plan. But when the Plan goes belly up, she’s forced to reconsider. After accidently answering her flatmate Vanessa’s phone,...

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Housekeeping 1st January 1970

cclaimed on publication as a contemporary classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, orphansgrowing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find...

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