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Helen’s 2025 Year in Books
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Helen J. Christmas
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"A raw, quietly powerful novel that doesn’t flinch.
Rosebrook Chronicles: The Hidden Stories weaves together the lives of damaged children shaped by institutional neglect, cruelty, and silence. Moving from 1960s London and Dublin into the 1970s and bey" Read more of this review » |
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| I've read a lot of Lisa Jewell's books, but just didn't find this one gripping. It's set in a community, where teenagers run free in the communal gardens, the two sisters Pip and Grace, (newer residents), never quite sure if they fit in. All we know ...more | |
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| I listened to this on audio, an interesting story that explores the relationship between two sisters who drifted apart the night a local boy went missing. Heather witnessed her sister, Rosie, returning that night, and later found her bracelet in the ...more | |
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| It’s been years since I read anything by Jilly Cooper, but when her death was announced in October, I was reminded of how much I used to adore her books, especially the earlier ones, Riders, Rivals and Polo. My reading preferences may have changed fr ...more | |
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| This is the first dual timeline novel I’ve read by Lisa Jewell, but a story that touches the heart. It begins in the 90s with Betty, who moves to Guernsey to care for her Grandmother, Arlette. A woman in her 20s, Betty is strong-willed, brave and inc ...more | |
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“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
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“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”
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