Blogs in January 1970

The Orchardist 1st January 1970

At the turn of the twentieth century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the...

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Girlchild 1st January 1970

Rory Dawn Hendrix lives with her Mother in trailer park near Reno, raised by her determined and flawed mother who is a drinker, and by her grandmother. Rory is a child of neglect yet her resilience shines through. The...

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Oregon Hill 1st January 1970

When the headless body of Isabel Ducharme, a college student is found hanging on a tree branch in the South Anna River of Richmond, Virginia, Willie Mays Black knows this will be a big story for his newspaper

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Somewhere in Time 1st January 1970

Matheson’s classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his...

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A Message to Your Heart 1st January 1970

Niamh Greene’s delightful fifth novel A Message to Your Heart is an intriguing and heart-warming story for fans of the wise humour of Catherine Alliott and the modern day fairytales of Cecelia Ahern. Throw in Niamh’s unique brand of...

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