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Linda Gillard
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House of Silence
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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Star Gazing
— published 2008 — 13 editions |
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Emotional Geology
— published 2005 — 5 editions |
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The Glass Guardian
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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A Lifetime Burning
— published 2006 — 3 editions |
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Untying the Knot
— published 2011 |
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Thought provoking, intense and emotionally brilliant writing. A must read for those who have lived first hand with mental health issues as well as those who have not. This story is not in the slightest bit depressing even if the general name for m...
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Linda Gillard
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| If you like your crime mixed with literary fiction, J J Marsh is definitely a new writer to watch. A motley crew of cops & criminals convince and entertain in an unusual and often chilling story that will have your Kindle thumb clicking fast unti...more | |
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(I was sent a review copy of this book by the publisher.) In BEAR WITESS, her rich and complex second novel, Mandy Haggith has written an ecological page-turner set in Norway and Scotland in the not too distant future. Callis MacArthur, a troubled sci...more |
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| Superb. This is an extraordinarily gripping read and a 20thC classic that deserves to be better known. The tale itself is sufficiently exciting to make the book un-put-downable, but the 1st person narrative voice of the nameless hero is what made it...more | |
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Books that don’t fit the mould always appeal to me and this one is no exception. House of Silence is a tricky book to define. It has mystery, romance, skeletons in the closet, a decrepit family manor house and a fair few emotional truths. I read i...
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"Thanks very much, Karen, for this review. I'm the author.
If you're keen on textiles you'd probably enjoy my first novel, EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY. The heroi...more " |
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Great characters and an enjoyable story - would have liked a lot more 'textiles' in it though. And you can get blood spots out of fabric very easily, especially when fresh! I've had the exact same problem with the rotary cutter.
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“You're like a box of chocolates with the menu missing - the card that tells you what they are. I never know what I'm going to get with you: a soft, creamy centre, something chewy, or an explosion of alcohol.”
― Linda Gillard, Star Gazing
― Linda Gillard, Star Gazing
“It's been a long time, you see. There's been no one for five years. Not since Gavin. I've spent five years murdering what I felt for him, starving my need for him, purging my memory. But somehow it still feels...too soon. They say time heals, but--'
'They lied,' he said simply.”
― Linda Gillard, Emotional Geology
'They lied,' he said simply.”
― Linda Gillard, Emotional Geology
“I am an anomaly - a woman alone, too young to be widowed and too old to be looking for a mate. I occupy that no man's land - no woman's land - between youth and old age.”
― Linda Gillard, Emotional Geology
― Linda Gillard, Emotional Geology
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“You're like a box of chocolates with the menu missing - the card that tells you what they are. I never know what I'm going to get with you: a soft, creamy centre, something chewy, or an explosion of alcohol.”
― Linda Gillard, Star Gazing
― Linda Gillard, Star Gazing
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Thanks Diane. I don't really know my way around Goodreads but I always respond if I get a msg. But i don't have time to use it in the way you're supposed to. Too busy writing books to catalogue what I read!
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