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elliehyde
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Book Review: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
Iris lives an unremarkable life: running her business; looking after her dog; meeting with her married lover. Until one day she receives...
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elliehyde
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Bound as children by a love of video games, Sadie and Sam’s friendship will carry them through love, loss, heartbreak and an...
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elliehyde
Jul 28, 20232 min read
Trust by Hernan Diaz
In 1920s America, one couple have a measure of wealth and success which soars above all others, even bucking the trend to make, not lose,...
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elliehyde
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
“It sometimes seems to Zora that, with all the teaching and curating and meetings and paperwork and caring and cooking and cleaning and...
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elliehyde
Jul 8, 20231 min read
The Play Ground by Michelle Frances
Moving into their beautiful million pound home in the picturesque village of Ripton, Nancy and her daughter Lara look to have the perfect...
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elliehyde
May 30, 20232 min read
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
We all dream of the perfect family – children running and playing in the garden, neighbours popping round for special occasions, and mum...
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elliehyde
Apr 16, 20232 min read
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Elizabeth Zott does not fit in. Headstrong, intelligent, oblivious of her own beauty and determined to make it as a scientist, she...
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elliehyde
Apr 6, 20232 min read
Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan
Family dynamics, romances and even female friendship are all relationships which are widely and regularly explored in literature, so it's...
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elliehyde
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See is one of those transformative books which stays with you for weeks, months – even years – after you’ve...
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elliehyde
Feb 13, 20232 min read
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises centres around the relationship between seven-year-old Elsa and her Granny. Elsa’s Granny...
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elliehyde
Feb 13, 20232 min read
How to Kill Your Family
Grace Bernard is angry. Abandoned by her entire family as a child, she has only her loving mother to rely on. When her mother dies, Grace...
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elliehyde
Feb 11, 20232 min read
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
It's 1976, England is in the midst of a heatwave and Margaret Creasy has gone missing. Her husband insists she will return soon, but his...
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elliehyde
Feb 10, 20232 min read
The Black Flamingo
The Black Flamingo tells the story of Michael as he grows up and tries to make sense of how his race and sexuality affect his place in...
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elliehyde
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I’ve always been a little intimidated by ‘The Classics’. Referencing Roman Gods or Greek Mythology always seemed to me a shorthand way to...
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elliehyde
Feb 8, 20232 min read
A Terrible Kindness
It’s 1966 and life is looking hopeful for William Lavery; he has just completed his training to become an embalmer, is falling in love...
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elliehyde
Feb 8, 20232 min read
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
It Ends with Us is narrated by Lily, a small-town girl who moves to Boston and starts her own business, but whose life is derailed when...
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