Blogs in February 2020

Where the Red Fern Grows 12th February 2020

This classic about a ten-year-old boy growing up in the Ozark mountains with his inseparable pair of coonhounds — will warm the hearts of young and old alike. Winner of the Great Stone Face Award.

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The Witching Hour 12th February 2020

On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins… Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes...

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The Patron Saint of Liars 12th February 2020

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel ‘Bel Canto’, Ann Patchett’s stunning first novel is about ‘pilgrimage and healing…A fairytale. A delight’. It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeth’s, a Roman Catholic home for unwed...

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Summer of My German Soldier 11th February 2020

When the train pulls into the station in Jenkensville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen senses something exciting is going to happen. German prisoners of war have arrived to make their new home in the prison camp. To the rest of the...

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The Last Picture Show 9th February 2020

Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night café. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn’t know better than to sweep...

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