Book Review – June 2020 – Sallie Eden
The Secrets of Latimer House by Jules Wake Published by Harper Collins, 2021 Latimer House is a real place used by the British government during WWII to carry out top secret activities....
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Book Reviews – May 2022 – Sallie Eden
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith Published by Sphere, 2020 After seeing filming taking place in St Mawes recently I thought I’d read the book on which the latest series of Strike is...
Bool Reviews – May 2022 – Sallie Eden
Rooms of One’s Own by Adrian Mourby Published by Icon Books, 2018 To paraphrase Mrs Merton “what first attracted me to Adrian Mourby’s book?” Two things: firstly, the author’s witty and informed...
Book Reviews – April 2022 – Sallie Eden
Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith Published by Dean Street Press, 2020. Originally published in 1959 Miss Penny (on such a short acquaintance, it doesn’t seem appropriate...
Book Reviews – April 2022 – Sallie Eden
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans Published by Black Swan, December 2018 I chose this book to read on International Women’s Day (8 March) and, although not its target group, I...
Book Reviews – March 2022 – Sallie Eden
Jemima The Pig and the 127 Acorns by Michael Morpurgo Published by Harper Collins, March 2022 With all the wit and writing quality Michael Morpurgo is known for, this short story...
Book Reviews – March 2022 – Sallie Eden
The Mango Hand by Nigel Milliner Published by Olympia Publishers, 2021 I absolutely loved this thought provoking and original book, even though my heart sank when I received it. Why? For two...
Book Review – February 2022 – Sallie Eden
Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston Published by Picador, 2019 Brian’s year hasn’t begun well. His ex wife has a new, over-achieving, partner, his son finds him a disappointment, the cat...
Book Reviews – January 2022 – Sallie Eden
Close To Me by Amanda Reynolds Published by Wildfire in 2017 Recently shown on Channel 4*, and described as a “shocking psychological drama”, initially it reminded me of S J Watson’s wonderful 2015...
Book Review – January 2022 – Sallie Eden
This is the story of Phyllis Pearsall, daughter of a Jewish, Hungarian immigrant, and an Irish-Italian mother. It manages to be both interesting and disappointing. The former because her thoroughly unpleasant father...