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Tag: Childhood

Heligoland by Shena Mackay

February 12, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

Rowena Snow, a woman of Scottish-Asian parentage but brought up as an orphan dreams of Heligoland, once mentioned in the Shipping Forecast but now apparently lost forever.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, fiction, Imagination, M, reading groups, Utopia

Atonement by Ian McEwan

February 5, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries8 Comments
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Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, Crime, Family, fiction, love, M, reading groups, Relationships, WWII

Dancer by Colum McCann

February 4, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

This novels follows Rudolf, a prodigy at six years old, who became the greatest dancer of the century, who redefined dance, rewrote his own life.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, Dance, fiction, M, reading groups, Russia, war

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

December 31, 2014August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries11 Comments

To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged America, Childhood, Classic, Family, fiction, friendship, L, reading groups

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

December 22, 2014August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries1 Comment

Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a dazzling piece of writing that lives long in the mind after the last page is finished.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, fiction, J, war

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen

December 22, 2014August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries1 Comment

' I'm not most kids. I'm Louis Drax. Stuff happens to me that shouldn't happen, like going on a picnic where you drown '

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, Family, fiction, J, psychological thriller, reading groups

Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain

December 10, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

What if your child was accused of mass murder?

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged C, Childhood, Family, fiction, love, murder, reading groups

A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines

December 5, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, fiction, H, Kestrel, mining, reading groups, Yorkshire

Blue Eyed Boy by Joanne Harris

December 3, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries1 Comment

'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.'

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Childhood, Dysfunctional family, fiction, H, murder, reading groups

Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

December 3, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

With over a million copies sold worldwide, this captivating debut is a story of the sacrificies one boy makes for love and for his country.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged American History, Childhood, F, fiction, History, love, reading groups, WWII

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