Susan’s Bookshelves: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen
First published in Sweden in 2024, Liza Ridzen’s debut novel has been a runaway, word-of-mouth success. The English translation landed in mid...
First published in Sweden in 2024, Liza Ridzen’s debut novel has been a runaway, word-of-mouth success. The English translation landed in mid...
I often write here about books written in the past, usually because I have come back to them after a while. This...
I read it as a child. And now I look at how wordy Beecher Stowe’s unexpurgated version is, I’m pretty sure that...
Kathryn Mannix works in a hospice as a consultant in palliative care. Her still small voice of calm experience exudes wisdom, humility...
I reread each of Jane Austen’s six novels about once in ten years. This is the fourth time I have featured her...
I don’t remember learning about the 12th century at school. And that’s odd because our sensibly sequential history syllabus began with the...
My second granddaughter (aka GD2) is a midwife in Cambridge. There she has access to spotless facilities, the latest technology and the...
My friends fall into two main camps: Reading Friends with whom I discuss books continually and Non-reading Friends who chat to me...