Blogs in January 1970

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 1st January 1970

A literary debut of stark and striking brilliance – a coming-of-age story, set in the remote wilderness of northern Wisconsin. Born mute and able to communicate only by sign, the brilliant Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his...

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Fine Just the Way it is: Wyoming Stories 3 1st January 1970

The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Shipping News’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’. ‘Fine Just The Way It Is’ marks Annie Proulx’s return to the Wyoming of ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and the familiar cast of...

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Sweet Waters 1st January 1970

Tara Sweet is a sensible young woman whose life is turned upside when her mother marries a younger man, and Tara’s boyfriend ends their relationship. Finding herself at Otter Bay, on the Californian coast she falls for a young...

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The Chosen 1st January 1970

In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven Malther and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences (Reuven is a Modern Orthodox Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father: Danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic...

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Let’s Kill Uncle 1st January 1970

When recently-orphaned Barnaby Gaunt is sent to stay with his uncle on a beautiful remote island off the coast of Canada, he is all set to have the perfect summer holiday. Except for one small problem: his uncle is...

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