Blogs in January 1970

Eloise 1st January 1970

After her best friend Eloise dies from breast cancer, Cathy is devastated. But then Cathy begins to have disturbing dreams that imply Eloise’s death was not all it seems. With a history of depression, Cathy is only just recovering...

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The Book of Summers 1st January 1970

Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel. Inside is a letter informing her that her long-estranged mother has died, and a scrapbook Beth has never seen before. Entitled The Book of Summers, it’s stuffed with photographs and mementos complied...

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Bay of Secrets 1st January 1970

Spain, 1939. Following the wishes of her parents to keep her safe during the war, a young girl, Julia, enters a convent in Barcelona. Looking for a way to maintain her links to the outside world, she volunteers to...

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The Sunday Philosophy Club 1st January 1970

For those of us who know Edinburgh, this is a wonderful book that takes the reader past all the familiar streets and shops, and this really gives pleasure. Isabel Dalhousie is an academic, and much given to musing about...

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The Emergence of Judy Taylor 1st January 1970

Judy Taylor married the first man who asked her. She lives in the neighbourhood where she spent her uneventful childhood. She still has the same friends she first met in primary school. But everything she once knew is about...

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