Blogs in March 2015

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid 16th March 2015

Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six,...

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Midnight Assassin 16th March 2015

On the night of December 1, 1900, Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife, Margaret. On April 11, 1901, after five days of testimony before an all-male jury, Margaret Hossack...

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Some Other Town 16th March 2015

Margaret Lydia Benning lives adrift in the same Midwest town where she went to college. By day, she works at a low-level job for the Project, a university-sponsored educational publisher housed in a former sanatorium. There she shares the...

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The Bridges of Madison County 16th March 2015

A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the brief encounter whose passion will last a lifetime.

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The Shore 10th March 2015

The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place...

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