Friday Reads: A wee bit of indifference & some mixed feelings amidst a bunch of stellar stories

Описание: Friday Reads: A wee bit of indifference & some mixed feelings amidst a bunch of stellar stories

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The week in review:
In Other Words:    • In Other Words  
Robin and Shawn chat about The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor:    • Robin and Shawn chat about The Story of Lu...  

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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):

00:00 Intro

02:19 Weekly highlights

03:05 Peter and Paul by Susan Scarlett

04:49 A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-century Women Writers by Lucy Scholes (Editor)


08:06 Antarctica by Claire Keegan

09:02 How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

10:15 The Well by Elizabeth Jolley

10:53 Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic

11:31 Book Haul



Books mentioned:
wîhtamawik / Tell Them: On a Life of Inspiration by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer
  / w-htamawik-tell-them  
Video of the book launch this week:    • Louise Halfe-Sky Dancer Book Launch  

Peter and Paul by Susan Scarlett (Noel Streatfeild, pseud.)
  / peter-and-paul  

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  / ballet-shoes  

A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-century Women Writers by Lucy Scholes (Editor)
  / a-different-sound  

Antarctica by Claire Keegan
  / 492459.antarctica  

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
  / 40496.how_green_was_my_valley  

The Well by Elizabeth Jolley
  / the-well  

Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic
Frances Riddle (Translator)
  / theatre-of-war  



Book Haul:

Half Swimmer by Katja Oskamp
Jo Heinrich (Translator)
  / half-swimmer  

Marzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp
Jo Heinrich (Translator)
  / marzahn-mon-amour  
My mystery guest chat with Jo starts at 1:23 here:    • Friday Reads: This infernal reading  

Hombrecito by Santiago José Sánchez
  / hombrecito  

This Room Is Impossible to Eat by Nicol Hochholczerová
Julia Sherwood & Peter Sherwood (Translators)
  / this-room-is-impossible-to-eat  
My mystery guest chat with Nicol starts at 3:18 here:    • A Friday Reads bursting at the seams with ...  

Northern Bull by Michelle N. Swallow
  / northern-bull  




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