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Book review: The Private World of Georgette Heyer

THE PRIVATE WORLD OF GEORGETTE HEYER by Jane Aiken Hodge (Pan Books). Big, big fan. So I read anything and everything on this wonderful writer. Hodge chronicles Heyer`s writing `Black Moth` when she was just nineteen for her young brother who had taken ill; her ability to average two books a year for years, books…

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Books: Very Very Brief Takes

A quick look at some good books   ROMAN STORIES by Jhumpa Lahiri. Penguin Books. Rome serves as the backdrop for these outsider accounts, told by people who have come a long way leaving their countries and cultures behind in an effort to seek a better life in Italy`s capital. Of course, they don’t always…

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