Bone China... About the Book: Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same … Continue reading Book Review: Bone China by Laura Purcell
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Book A Day: Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Day 7: Coming Home A very dear friend of mine once lent me a book by an author she loved, whom I had never read, or even heard of. The book was The Shell Seekers and the author was Rosamund Pilcher. I loved The Shell Seekers, and in a moment of serendipity that seems to … Continue reading Book A Day: Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Book Review: Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves... About the Book: A novel with a crime at its heart, based on the extraordinary life of the author's own grandmother. During the Second World War, Rene Hargreaves leaves her children with her aunt and boards a train without buying a return ticket, so sure is she that she never … Continue reading Book Review: Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik