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Gill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Gill Thompson’s Followers (195)
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Gill Thompson
Goodreads Author
Born
in Epsom, The United Kingdom
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August 2016
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/thompsg
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The Lighthouse Sisters
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The Child on Platform One
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2019
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36 editions
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The Oceans Between Us
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2019
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17 editions
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The Orphans on the Train
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2023
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17 editions
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The Child at the Window
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Autumn Newsletter
As we near the end of August, there’s a slight sharpness in the morning air and bit by bit the nights are getting longer. The other day I smelled a whiff of bonfire smoke. Autumn is advancing slowly but surely. As a teacher of over 40 years, these little signs normally have me digging out my text books and sharpening my pencils ready for the new term. But not this year…
I ‘retired’ from teaching a Read more of this blog post »
I ‘retired’ from teaching a Read more of this blog post »
Gill Thompson
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Impeccably researched and beautifully written, ‘Book of Forbidden Words’ is a remarkable novel. In linking time periods four hundred years apart, Louise draws a convincing and plausible line between women from different times who share a common visio
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"The Child at the Window was an absolutely fascinating read. I marvelled at two sisters, from England, traveling around Europe enjoying operas. I was soon in awe as I saw their enjoyment of opera became away to help the Jewish population in Germany fi"
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"5 stars
5 stars 5 stars 5 stars 5 stars Once again Gill Thompson has pulled me into a different world and left me feeling both sad and happy at the same time! In this story, we have a young Jewish girl, her father, and two sisters who are kind enough to h" Read more of this review » |
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"The Child at the Window by Gill Thompson is an absolutely extraordinary read—one of those rare historical novels that completely immerses you from start to finish.
Gill Thompson truly does some of the best research in the business. She creates such ri" Read more of this review » |
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"London, England, Josephine and Constance Elliot are unmarried sisters, Jo writes romance novels and Con is a secretary. The sisters receive tickets to the opera, they love it and become huge fans of Maria Cordona. They start scrimping and saving and "
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Thank you for your lovely review! It made my day! :-D
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Thank you for your wonderful review, Georgina. I've been feeling low with a rotten cold the last few days, and it's really cheered me to read your lov
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Thank you so much for your great review, Barb. I'm delighted you enjoyed 'The Child at the Window'! Your lovely comments made my day!
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Aussie Readers:
Share Your Reviews (and Thoughts) Here - 2019
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Aussie Lovers of...:
Currently reading/Just finished! CLOSED
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| Aussie Readers: **Summer Challenge 1/12/19 - 28/2/20** | 272 | 284 | Mar 28, 2020 08:21PM |
“We often don’t question love. We don’t ask ourselves whether it’s still fit for purpose. I don’t know why that is. Perhaps we’re frightened of not liking the answer. Sometimes we’re too grateful to have been chosen.”
― The Rome Apartment
― The Rome Apartment
“It would be wonderful to complete an evening of culture without requiring a defibrillator.”
― Secrets at the Rome Apartment
― Secrets at the Rome Apartment
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