Blogs in January 1970

50 (Fifty) Shades Freed 1st January 1970

When Ana Steele first encountered the driven, damaged entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that changed both their lives irrevocably. Ana always knew that loving her Fifty Shades would not be easy, and being together poses challenges...

Read More 

Sandprints of Death 1st January 1970

Jim Young is banished to a desolate winter beach to rebuild his smashed feet and legs. His left eye and racing career vanished like the Sandprints of Death left in the sand by the waves with each turn of...

Read More 

Kicking the Sky 1st January 1970

Read More 

The Bastard of Istanbul 1st January 1970

In her second novel written in English (The Saint of Incipient Insanities was the first), Turkish novelist Shafak tackles Turkish national identity and the Armenian “question” in her signature style. In a novel that overflows with a kitchen sink’s...

Read More 

Cutting for Stone 1st January 1970

My brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954. We took our first breaths in the thick air of Addis Ababa, capital city of...

Read More