Blogs in January 1970

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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The Glenwood Treasure 1st January 1970

After her marriage breaks down, shy schoolteacher Blithe Morrison takes refuge for the summer with her parents in the affluent Toronto neighbourhood of Rose Park. Blithe’s return home evokes memories of her lifelong sibling war with Noel, her golden-boy...

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Cape Cod Noir 1st January 1970

An anthology of short stories under the editorship of David L Ulin. Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin has been holidaying in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, every summer since he was a boy. He knows the terrain inside...

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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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