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Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amanda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Amanda Brookfield
Goodreads Author
Born
in London, The United Kingdom
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Influences
George Eliot. EMForster. Elizabeth Strout
Member Since
November 2013
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The Split
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Good Girls
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2019
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9 editions
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The Other Woman
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Sisters and Husbands
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2002
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9 editions
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Relative Love
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2004
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14 editions
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Life Begins
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2008
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13 editions
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Before I Knew You: A heartbreaking book club pick from Amanda Brookfield
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2011
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14 editions
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A Family Man
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2001
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19 editions
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The Twin: The heart-wrenching, 'perceptive and poignant' family drama from Amanda Brookfield
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Alice Alone
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1989
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8 editions
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The Mastery of Penelope Fitzgerald
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope FitzgeraldMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This masterpiece by Penelope Fitzgerald was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She wrote it between working as a teacher to pay bills and caring for four children and an alcoholic war-traumatised husband. How, I ask myself, did this extraordinary woman ever find the time to pick up a pen let alone the head-space for such uniqu Read more of this blog post »
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Mesmerising. Inspiring. Hypnotically compelling. Poetic. Scientific. Empathetic. Visionary. Calming. Joyful... Adjectives do not do justice to this book. Samantha Harvey literally takes you into outer space. It changes how you see the world, and yours ...more |
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| It is always horrible NOT to like a book, especially one written by a standout favourite genius of an author. However, the truth is that found it hard to get properly into 'Dream Count'; my attention kept drifting because so much of the writing felt ...more | |
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Read 150+ Books a...: 2014 Challenge Booksquirrel's List | 16 | 20 | Jan 01, 2015 05:33AM | |
| UK Book Club: Book Squirrel's List of New Authors (to me) - 2013/14 | 95 | 220 | Mar 27, 2015 12:03PM | |
| Ultimate Popsugar...: 16 - A book that has a book on the cover | 132 | 3361 | Nov 30, 2020 10:50AM | |
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| What's the Name o...: Adult fiction. Big multigenerational family in UK. Father just died, mother/ matriarch feels lost, married son having affair, twin daughters (one called Clem has eating disorder & poses for life drawings). Read 2007-2010. | 7 | 274 | Feb 14, 2024 07:05PM |
“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.”
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“I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer isn't aware of.”
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The Jane Austen Book Club
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October 1st to December 1st - we'll read Jane Austen's entire works and discuss them. Advanced Janeites and beginners all welcome. ...more
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Hi Amanda, thanks for the add. I'm laughing at your Hemingway quote!
Lucinda wrote: "Amanda,I am delighted to have won a copy of your novel "The Love Child" which i am really looking forward to reading and reviewing! Thanks so much for acepting my friendship request. x"
Lucinda wrote: "Amanda,
I am delighted to have won a copy of your novel "The Love Child" which i am really looking forward to reading and reviewing! Thanks so much for acepting my friendship request. x"
Hi Lucinda,
I have only just seen your note - thank you! I am thrilled that you won a copy of The Love Child and hope very much that you enjoy reading it.
Best wishes,
Amanda
Amanda,I am delighted to have won a copy of your novel "The Love Child" which i am really looking forward to reading and reviewing! Thanks so much for acepting my friendship request. x
