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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 (200)
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Gill Thompson
Goodreads Author
Born
in Epsom, The United Kingdom
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August 2016
URL
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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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18 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 »
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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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"In this powerful and emotional historical fiction novel, readers follow sisters Josephine and Constance as they help their friends in Germany smuggle out their possessions which would fund their new lives as refugees in London. One father, however, a"
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"A very unforgettable WWII story
Two sisters in England and their adventures before and after the war. They rescue many Jews and especially one little girl and her father." |
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"There are many perspectives of which to write a book from this era. I have never heard it from this point of view. There were so many people imprisoned, starving, lives irreversibly impacted. Awful!!! Sometimes the book was hard to stay engaged with,"
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"A very good read
Another perspective of a terrible time in our world. But something all need reminders of—so we don’t repeat those times. What is that quote…..he who doesn’t learn from history is doomed to repeat it. We need to remember how horrible h" Read more of this review » |
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Thank you for your lovely review, Angela. You've made my day!
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Sorry about the late nights, but pleased you found it so entralling!
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Thank you for your lovely review, Su. I'm delighted you enjoyed my book!
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“friendships are for one of three things: a reason, a season or for life.”
― The Orphans on the Train
― The Orphans on the Train
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Aussie Readers:
Share Your Reviews (and Thoughts) Here - 2019
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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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