Blogs in January 1970

Sleeping Beauties 1st January 1970

Susanna Moore’s novel is set in Hawaii whose shimmering beauty and meloncholy traditions are at once seductive and dangerously hard to leave. Or so they prove for Clio, a thirteen year-old runaway who is raised by her eccentric aunt...

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Garden State 1st January 1970

A dense, poetic voice, and a plot that sits well in its New Jersey setting – several stories of different characters…

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Hotel Honolulu 1st January 1970

Newly married and having recently taken over the management of a hotel in Honolulu, a former writer is drawn into the chaotic lives of his guests and into the distinctive customs and rhythms of the distant island. As witness...

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Dial Tone 1st January 1970

Sam Thompson accepts an assignment in Glasgow, Kentucky managing a small rural telephone company. He soon discovers that the comptroller, John Stanko, embezzled nearly a million dollars, and launched a hostile takeover bid to conceal his theft. In Stanko’s...

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Divas Las Vegas 1st January 1970

Jamie and Izzy, friends for ever, have a dream: a spangly double wedding in Las Vegas. And, at twenty-seven, they decide they’ve had enough crap boyfriends and they’re ready for crap husbands – all they have to do is...

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