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Tag Archives: boarding schools
The Best of Jennings – Anthony Buckeridge
(Sevenoaks 2010) Jennings Goes To School (1950) / Jennings Follows A Clue (1951) / Jennings’ Little Hut (1951) / Jennings and Darbishire (1952) The Jennings stories originally came to life in 1948 as a series of radio plays on Children’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fiction, Humour, Re-read, Reviews
Tagged 1950s fiction, Anthony Buckeridge, boarding schools, children's fiction, cricket, detection, disguise, farce, imagination, school
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‘My sister, my love’ – Joyce Carol Oates
I’d only read one book by Oates before I picked up this one, rather intrigued by the blurb. Oates tells the story, through the voice of the narrator, Skyler Rampike, of an American family whose lives are torn apart by … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged boarding schools, children, ice-skating, redemption, status-seeking, unhappy families, unsolved murder
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