A review about a novel involving Pakistani culture in England and arranged marriages.
Tag: Family
This Has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Dettmann
Book Review of a contemporary Australian novel about a complex family.
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Historical Fiction. Be swept into 18th century London, the mythology of a Greek vase and the Antiquarian world.
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
A sweet and sentimental children's story by the author of Little Women.
The Newcomes Vol. 1 by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Newcomes is a novel in two volumes originally published in 1855. Mostly set in London it concerns the affairs of the Newcome family: two banking brothers, Brian and Hobson, and their families, and their wayward solider brother, the Colonel, returned to England from India to spend time with his teenage son, Clive. The novel … Continue reading The Newcomes Vol. 1 by William Makepeace Thackeray
Reading Update – 30/10/20
In the last few weeks I've been reading several books. I finished The Priory by Dorothy Whipple, originally published in 1939, about a family who live at a country manor. The father decides to remarry to the consternation of his two nearly grown-up daughters still living at home. The woman in question is shy and … Continue reading Reading Update – 30/10/20
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