The Soul of a Woman, latest book from literary legend Isabel Allende, is being described as a “meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman”. With an introduction like that, there was no way I could not pick up a copy. The Message Behind The Soul…
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Have you ever thought about doing something so outlandish and inconceivable that it may actually work? This is exactly what Robyn Davidson did when she decided to embark on a trip across the Australian desert in 1977. It may not sound at all remarkable but when you think that, at…
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The Five by Hallie Rubenhold is a book in honour of five women who were murdered back in 1888. It is a historical account highlighting the back story of the five women killed by perhaps the best-known murderer of all time, Jack the Ripper. “There are two versions of the…
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“The morning after my father’s funeral, I came home and found my husband in bed with the next-door neighbour.” (Page 1) Could you imagine, losing the two men closest to you in a matter of days? One lost to illness while the other is lost to the next-door neighbour and…
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Clio Campbell first hit the headlines back in 1990 when she appeared on Top of the Pops wearing an anti-poll tax t-shirt and singing a song she had actually written for groups at protests. She killed herself in 2018 just days before her 51st birthday. Sadly, her death didn’t come…
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Whisper Network was the July pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club and while I don’t particularly choose to read along with all of her recommendations this was one that jumped off the page, screaming that I needed to read it. Neither would I have classed myself as a…
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Even today, if someone, especially a female travelling alone, tells me they are off to explore the tumultuous area around Afghanistan and Pakistan, I would question their sanity but imagine a solo female traveller heading off to Central Asia back in the 1980s. Someone who was not there to cover…
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With each new year comes a flourish of new books and authors vying for one of those coveted positions on a best-sellers list – whether that be the New York Times, Amazon, Goodreads or any other number of tables readers now go to when selecting their next big read. 2018…
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Banned books almost seem like a strange concept in a day and age when we supposedly have freedom of speech and therefore one would also assume that we also have the freedom to write what we choose. Apparently, however, freedom of expression is a human right according to article 19…
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With April comes the promise of Easter eggs and April showers. It is the month of April fool’s, cuckoos and newly sprouted buds after the harsher wintry period. With the clocks going forward and the evenings turning lighter many will be venturing outside to tend to their gardens and relax…
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