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A Small Part of History by Peggy Elliott
Synopsis from Amazon: Remarkable. Inspiring. Heartbreaking. In the summer of 1845 Rebecca Springer and her family join the Oregon wagon train in search of land thousands of miles away. It’s a hard and dangerous journey through blizzards and searing heat, over prairies, desert plains and mountains and, at times, it seems as if it will never end. But [...]
Share on FacebookNotes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Synopsis from Amazon: When the new teacher first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. But Barbara is not the only one to feel that Sheba is special, and before too long Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the [...]
Share on FacebookPS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Synopsis: A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a stunning new talent. Everyone needs a guardian angel! Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other’s sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry [...]
Share on FacebookThe Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson
Synopsis from Amazon: Amber Salpone thinks in chocolate – talk to her for three minutes and she’ll tell you what kind of chocolate you’d be. In fact, most days, if she was asked to choose between chocolate and relationships, there’d be no contest. At least chocolate has never let her down. Unlike her family. Growing [...]
Share on FacebookKnit Two by Kate Jacobs
Synopsis from Amazon: Old Yarns It is five years since the members of The Friday Night Knitting Club bonded during divorce, job loss, romance, birth – and the sudden death of their dear friend, Georgia. But the Walker and Daughter knitting store on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is still going strong. New Patterns Drawn together [...]
Share on FacebookThe Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble
Synopsis from Amazon: Club Rules Men, children, work, shopping, wine and chocolate. Important, but not AS important. When they need you, you are there. No giving up. Members Freddie, Tamsin, Reagan and Sarah They meet at university in the heady days of the 80s: four women with little in common but an eagerness to live [...]
Share on FacebookThursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber
Synopsis from Fantastic Fiction Every Thursday at eight, four women meet for breakfast – and to talk. To tell their stories, recount their sorrows and their joys. To offer each other encouragement and unstinting support. Clare has just been through a devastating divorce. She’s driven by anger and revenge . . . until she learns [...]
Share on FacebookA Woman's Place: The Changing Picture of Women in Britain by Diana Souhami
This is not a long book, only 160 pages, which takes you on a journey through women’s history in Britain from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1980s. It is a pictorial history, with many images portraying the changes in women’s lifestyle but there is written history too, which is easily accessible and [...]
Share on FacebookWomen's work, 1840-1940 by Elizabeth Roberts
I have read this book as part of my Master’s course. Synopsis: This volume addresses some of the difficult issues surrounding women’s work during a century of social upheaval, and demonstrates how hard it is to be precise about the nature and extent of women’s occupations. It focuses on working-class women and the many problems [...]
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