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The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet: Great gossipy nuggets about Barbara Cartland (opens the original)
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Picture a woman in a hot-pink chiffon gown lying on an overstuffed couch, talking incessantly. A second woman, one chosen for âher quietness, her stillness, her capacity to suppress a sneezeâ, sits nearby, transcribing her employerâs words in impeccable shorthand. (If youâre now visualising Matt Lucasâs Little Britain Barbara Cartland-inspired character Dame Sally Markham, I suspect Matthew Sweet intends you to.) Cartland dictated up to 7,000 words per afternoon. Between 1925 and 1997,
Captainâs Dinner by Adam Cohen: An act of cannibalism that âchanged the worldâ (opens the original)
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Does survival ever excuse murder? Is killing one innocent person justified if it saves the lives of others? Such are the questions posed by Captainâs Dinner, Adam Cohenâs thought-provoking and lively account of a scandalous voyage and murder trial. In 1883, prominent Australian lawyer John Henry Want travelled from Sydney to London to go boat shopping. As Cohen tartly notes, âWant bought the Mignonette to frolic in the waters off Sydney. The perilous work of delivering it would be handed o
The Quickening by Claire McGowan: A powerful novel of motherhood, cowardice and courage (opens the original)
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The year is 2040, and the not-so distant future that Claire McGowan conjures up is both horribly recognisable and grotesquely unfamiliar. The Hope Party has transformed Great Britain. With the environment protected by Future Generations laws, the countryside has rewilded. Childrenâs rights have been prioritised, and the birth rate is rising steadily. And the downside to these gains? Freedom. Womenâs bodies are aggressively monitored through digital bracelets. The âold shame around periods
Long Wave by Daisy Johnson: Exploring the dark side of motherhood (opens the original)
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In Daisy Johnsonâs debut collection Fen, humans turn into animals. Her first novel. Everything Under, was a twisted story of doomed mother-daughter relationships. Aspects of both bubble up in Long Wave, a multigenerational story of the dark side of motherhood. Divided into 14 parts, Johnson moves deftly between characters and locations. It opens with Ruth, alone with her young daughter Ori on the small island that has captured her imagination since she was a child on the nearby mainland. The i
Itâs hard to make new friends as you age - Gordon Snell showed me why itâs worth trying (opens the original)
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Words, Iâve often thought, let you down just when you need them most. When Gordon Snell, my friend of 12 years, died in April, his family asked if I would be one of the speakers at his funeral. Yes, of course, I said, it would be an honour. But almost immediately I began to worry: how could I sum up a friendship? The words that immediately came to me to describe Gordon were quite likely the same ones everyone who knew him would use: clever, generous, witty, kind. Yet each of his friends had th
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