Where has the time gone? Months ago, I over-optimistically promised I'd post several books before transforming into Gramma. But it...

2000, Faber and Faber Although this book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000, and its author has won several prizes including...

1919, The McCall Company I love this book about being a woman, expressed by main character Marise through her inner thoughts on...

2009, Vintage This first book by Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker won the 2010 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. I don't have much...

1982, Penguin We read this book for bookclub. Luckily, in spite of jetlag, Yvonne had just finished it before our meeting and could...

2006, Fourth Estate Caravaggio the painter comes to mind when I think of this book, about a woman who has tried to commit suicide and...

2002, Vintage Today in Normandy, France, the 80th anniversary World War II D-Day Landings commemoration ceremonies are taking place as I...

Original title: Le pays des autres Part 1: War, war, war First published Editions Gallimard, 2020 SUMMARY: Book 2 of the historical...

1996, Faber and Faber SUMMARY: Two Hindu "untouchables" Ishvar and Om move from their village to a big city in India and become friends...

2023, One World Publications Ltd SUMMARY: A descent into the dystopian hell of an authoritarian regime takeover in an imaginary city in...

Jonathan Cape, 1937 Persephone, 2006 Interview with Susan Hudson kb: Sue, I loved reading this unique book you recommended. Summarize it...

1992, HarperCollins In these short stories set in Washington D.C., the author of The Known World invites the reader to see the uniqueness...

Chona runs a grocery store in the poor section of town, and refuses to move when her husband starts moving up in the world. She loves her...

2022, Harper In Demon Copperhead, Kingsolver courageously tackles two crises in the United States: a deficient foster child care system,...

My bookies* Jane, Yvonne and I read Louise Kennedy's first novel many months ago. Longlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize, it's about a...

With Autumn in, I feel the need to rapidly record my rare reads of the receding-out-to-sea summer. Rememberings, Sinéad O'Connor, 2021....

Persephone Books Guest Review by Susan Hudson After bringing up children, Priscilla is left asking herself, what was it all for? This...

1994, St. Martin's Press Even if you walk the same road a hundred times, you'll find something different each time. (211) I especially...

1987, East European Monographs/Harvill Secker Bookclub meeting, 21 April 2023 Oh dear, why didn't I take better notes of our bookclub...

1860, William Blackwood and Sons This is the story of Maggie and her older brother Tom set in the English countryside, in 1829-1840. They...