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December 19, 2017

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS edited by Ruth Bennett

December 19, 2017

Book cover & rating - I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS edited by Ruth BennettHome means so many different things to different people, and I’ll Be Home For Christmas definitely captured that through the various short stories. Although, anthologies usually leave me with mixed feelings. I’ll Be Home For Christmas was no different. While I adored most short stories and the poem at the beginning, there were a few that I didn’t enjoy, and a couple of which that even left me confused.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: abuse, anthologies, british authors, christmas, culture, diverse books, divorce, family, family problems, friendship, hardship, identity, lgbtq characters, multiculturalism, on love, orphans, poc characters, poverty, realistic fiction, romance, sense-of-belonging, short-stories, winter

September 17, 2015

THE BIG LIE by Julie Mayhew

September 17, 2015

Book cover of THE BIG LIE by Julie MayhewSet in Nazi England, 2012–2014, The Big Lie is premised on one question: What if the Nazis had won World War II? With this in mind, The Big Lie is a speculative work of alternative history. While nobody can say for sure how things would’ve turned out, I think the world that Julie Mayhew imagined is a rather plausible outcome. She evidently did her research and wove together the fascist ideals and lifestyles of the 1940s with contemporary ones.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: beliefs, brainwashing, british authors, censorship, death, eugenics, family, family myth, feminism, figure skating, friendship, gender, homophobia, insurgency, lies, morality, mothers and daughters, politics, sexuality, siblinghood, sisters, sports, suicide

June 14, 2013

RED INK by Julie Mayhew

June 14, 2013

Book cover & rating - RED INK by Julie MayhewWhere do I start? With the tears that I shed or the smiles I cracked? To some degree, my own recent experiences influenced the way I read Red Ink.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: british authors, debut authors, denial, family, family myth, grief, life and death, personal history, realistic fiction, relatives

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