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Author visits I am available for school visits to talk about How To Be Brave, How To Be True and How To Be Free. My talk includes a general introduction to the books and a look at some of the key t…

1939: The Last Season by Anne de Courcy by Anne de Courcy My rating: 5 of 5 stars My only issue with this was that it was not long enough: I could have read it several times over. The Last Season tells the story of that final few moments of life before the war for a very privileged sector of society. Champagne flows, lobster is eaten until it runs out and then we have some more, there's caviar for all, and house parties every other night (and every night in between) and eligible bright young things debuting and dancing and ugh, it is all delicious and I drank it all in.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars There's a point where you think in a book that "that's enough now, we've got there, we've hit all the character beats and everything's pretty much set up now for us to roll on home in style" and sigh contentedly to yourself and think Noble Thoughts about the art of literature and adopt a Noble Expression as you do so. And many books conform to such a beat; they go "yep, we've done good you and I, let's hit the finishing post together my friend" and all is well, noble, noble, etc.

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The Chalet Girls Grow Up by Merryn Williams My rating: 3 of 5 stars Oh. So, where to begin with this? It’s a book that has, rightly or wrongly, reached an almost mythological status. I rememb…

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