by jkylegregory | May 31, 2025 | Articles, Books, Nat
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers Set in the south of England, in 1957, we meet Jean Swinney, a downtrodden dutiful daughter, who lives with and cares for her mother, and works at the local newspaper. At the start of the book, Jean seems resigned to her drab...
by Andrea | Mar 25, 2019 | Books, Nat
The Shadow of the Wind Who could not be drawn into Zafon’s atmospheric story with its dramatic opening chapter? Ten year-old Daniel is led through misty Barcelona streets in the early hours of the morning by his father. “Daniel, you mustn’t tell anyone what...
by Ju | Jul 11, 2017 | Books, Nat
The Goldfinch A quote from ‘The Goldfinch’ Donna Tartt page 849 ‘And isn’t it the whole point of things – beautiful things – that they connect you to some larger beauty? These first images that crack your heart right open and you...
