The Bird King - G. Willow Wilson (Grove Press, 2019) Fatima is a concubine in the luxurious confines of the Alhambra. Born into captivity, she has never left the Alhambra. She lives in luxury, a favourite of the sultan, but outside the palace confines, the sultan's power is coming to an end as Spain is… Continue reading Book Review: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Miss Burma - Charmaine Cragg (Grove Press, 2017) My reading of Miss Burma suffered initially from blurb inaccuracy. Which is to say that the book the front flaps describe is not the book as it exists. The book's own blurb told me this was the story of Louisa, the first Miss Burma, navigating a country at… Continue reading Book Review: Miss Burma by Charmaine Cragg
Read: When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi (Gale Engage Learning, 2016) Divided Loyalties - Nilofar Shidmehr (Astoria, 2019) Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev (Penguin Books, 1975) (translated from the Russian by Rosemary Edmonds) Minster Without Portfolio - Michael Winter (Hamish Hamilton, 2013) The Bellman's Secret - Heidi Barnes (Rare Bird Books, 2019) Quiet - Susan Cain (Crown Publishers, 2012) Miss Burma - Charmaine Cragg… Continue reading What I Read – February 2019
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