Reviews

‘Christine Poulson’s wonderful sense of place brings Cambridge to life. Cassie overcomes the problems facing her with wit and guile aplenty and ensures the reader’s empathy from first word to last . . . an enthralling and engaging read that underlines Christine’s burgeoning reputation as a crime novelist to watch.’ [Stage Fright]

- SHOTS MAGAZINE

Singled Out

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 in Elizabeth Goudge, Elizabeth Jenkins, Gertrude Caton-Thomson, Mary Grieve, Rosamund Essex, Singled Out, Uncategorized, Virginia Nicholson | 8 Comments

I’ve very much enjoyed Virginia Nicholson’s Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men after the First World War. It is the kind of gossipy, anecdotal history that is very easy to read. Nicholson has done an enormous amount of research. The pages throng with remarkable women who managed to find meaning in life without a […]

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The Book Stops Here?

Posted on Dec 13, 2011 in Elizabeth Goudge, Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence | No Comments

It used to be that I felt obliged to finish a book once I had started it, but those days have long passed. I have grown fairly ruthless at cutting loose when I’ve had enough and this has happened quite a lot lately. I stopped in the middle of Elizabeth Goudge’s THE DEAN WATCH a […]

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