Blogs in February 2014

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman 20th February 2014

Set in Golders Green/Hendon. Chani is a 19 year old young woman, who lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, and is bound to marry a stranger....

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The Quietness 17th February 2014

When fifteen-year-old Queenie escapes from the squalid slums of nineteenth-century London, she has no idea about the dangers of the dark world she is about to become embroiled in. Initially thrilled at being taken on as a maid for...

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Once Upon a Timepiece 5th February 2014

When Conrad Sands returns a wristwatch to an old flame after 20 years apart, a remarkable chain of events begins. The watch passes through the hands of a gold-digger, a journalist, an enchantress and a professor. It touches the...

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The Midnight Rose 4th February 2014

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day . ....

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All Creatures Great and Small: “If Only They Could Talk” and “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet” 1st February 2013

This is the rural landscape of North Yorkshire. The life of a vet in the 1930s, beautifully written and a classic of its time.

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