Blogs in January 1970

Lost Memory of Skin 1st January 1970

The Kid is a young man who is a sex offender. He is befriended by a Professor from the local University who is studying homelessness amongst sex offenders. The Kid has been released from prison but is still on...

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Hawaii 1st January 1970

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land...

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Hemingway’s Girl 1st January 1970

Ernest Hemingway, his second wife, Pauline, (who followed on after Hadley) and their two sons have come to live in Key West. Mariella Bennet, an 18 year old young woman comes to works as a maid in the Hemingway...

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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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Half a Life 1st January 1970

`Half my life ago, I killed a girl.’ Thus starts the hard hitting opening of this book, an autobiography of how he was driving his Dad’s car, in May 1988 on a road on Long Island. A day out,...

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