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A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin
The autobiography of a talented writer better
known for her works on the lives of other authors such as Austen, Hardy and
Dickens.
Mount by Jilly Cooper
An effortless easy to read book about bonking
and horses – need I say more?
Pekin to Paris by Dina Bennett
A true story of how Mr and Mrs Bennett buy a
vintage 1940 GM La Salle and, despite having the day dreaming, carsick Dina as
navigator, actually set off on a 7,800 mile race from China, across Mongolia,
Russia, taking in the Baltic States, Poland and Germany along the way, with the
intention of ending up in the Place de Vendome Paris 35 days later.
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Two girls, both mixed race and from similar
backgrounds, have an overwhelming love of dance and musical theatre. Friends
since childhood, they grow up to follow very different destinies, one is a
super-talented dancer, the other merely as dogsbody PA to an international rock
star. (Man Booker short list 2017)
Skin Deep by Laura Wilkinson
When struggling art student and former
exploited child model, Diana sets out to liberate the disfigured child, Cal
from his world of enforced isolation among the low life of Manchester’s Hulme
Estate, she maintains she’s acting in the child’s best interests. But Diana, ambitious
for success in the avant-garde art world also recognises the vulnerable Cal as
her muse. But triumph and fame means
Diana must follow an increasingly bizarre path, one that brings her into
conflict with the needs of the now teenage Cal.
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
It’s 1893 and newly widowed Cora Seaborne and
her troubled son move away from London for the promise of fresh air and refuge
in Colchester. Once there Cora, a keen and rational amateur naturalist, becomes
embroiled in the Essex Serpent myth, a legendary beast said to be back roaming
the Aldwinter coast. Suspecting an undiscovered species, she sets out to find
out the truth, only to find herself entangled in a local legend, and the life
of Aldwinter’s charismatic vicar as well
The painting is Pines and Tracks by the very talented Cheryl Culver
