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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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This is a book I need on my shelf. To dip in to. Whenever I feel the urge to nip back to North Carolina. To go for a ride in an old boat along a river in an overgrown marsh.

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Pure by Andrew Miller

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Anyone with a little interest in history and an appreciation of a story well told will enjoy Pure. Or, at the very least, will be sucked in too deep to climb out before the end.

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When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs by Gordon Kirkland

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When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs by Gordon Kirkland As a collection of hilarious newspaper columns by Canadian journalist, Gordon Kirkland, I expected When my mind wanders it brings back souvenirs to be a perfect pick up, put down kind of book suitable for, say, keeping in the bathroom or close at hand […]

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

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Facing the increasingly disapproving scrutiny of their families and neighbours from two judgemental communities, both protagonists must re-examine the important things in their lives, and ask themselves: which lines should be crossed and which must not?

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