The Love Child by Amanda Brookfield (Published in paperback by Penguin, on 17 January 2013) As regular readers of my column will know, I’m not a fan of women’s contemporary fiction, so...

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The Alternate-Day Diet by James B Johnson and Donald R Laub Sr (Published in paperback by Michael Joseph/Penguin on 3 January 2013) A timely book for many of us, subtitled “Diet only...

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As the blurb says, “if you’ve been experiencing an inexplicable longing for rain, long dark nights, and an overwhelming urge to pull on a slightly itchy looking jumper then you have Forbrydelsen...

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Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr – Published by Harper Collins Children’s Books; reissued to celebrate Mog’s 40th anniversary in 2010 If you haven’t read any of Judith Kerr’s books for children, you’re...

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