Category Archives: Maggie O’Farrell

2020 – a year in books

Posted on December 31, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

To say it’s been a strange year would be putting it mildly. When I think back to January 2020, with all the plans and hopes for the new year, it seems like an eternity ago. Another life, another place of … Continue reading →

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Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Posted on May 24, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

Dear Brother, I am sorrie to tel you that Judith, your daughter, is verie sick. We belief she has not manie hours left to her. Pleafe come bak to us, if you can. And make hast. God fpeed to you, dearest … Continue reading →

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This month’s book haul

Posted on May 2, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

I so miss bookshops. That lovely mooching and fingering and stumbling across titles you  so desperately want, never even knew existed, or which you never even knew that you desperately wanted. That enticing awareness of so many books, so little … Continue reading →

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