B Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / 1980s / 1990s / autobiography / British / diplomat / non-fiction4 Comments
This is the personal story of a diplomat’s wife which spans a thirty-five year period from the start of her husband’s career as the most junior member of an embassy’s staff ending many years later as an Ambassador. This is told from the wife’s point of view, writing with insight ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / autobiography / female writers / feminism / Hollywood / non-fiction / television / widow4 Comments
Rita Lakin was a pioneer a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when Hollywood television was exclusively male. For years, in creative meetings, she was literally “the only woman in the room.” In this breezy but heartfelt remembrance, Lakin takes readers to a long-forgotten time when women were not considered ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / classical music / England / Opera Singer / Warrender SagaComments Off on REVIEW: Remembered Serenade by Mary Burchell
Fresh out of music college, Joanna Ransome hopes to forge a career as a singer. She’s touched and grateful for the help and interest of old Mr. Wilmore, who she feels she owes everything. He gets her off to a promising start, and soon enough she’s introduced to the great ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / classical music / England / Opera Singer / Warrender Saga2 Comments
After years of hard training Anna was ready to launch into a career in the world of music. Everything seemed to be going welt until family troubles forced her to turn down the chance of a lifetime to join a Canadian tour, organized by the dynamic Jonathan Keyne. But now ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1970s / children / Dark Romance / England / Historical / Paranormal / reincarnation / second chance at love / Young-Adult2 Comments
The evil had lasted two thousand years…and only love could break it’s spell. Henry and Thea felt an almost supernatural attachment to the Fens of East Anglia and to the woman who guided them there – Florence, Henry’s grandmother. The two were fascinated by her stories of Dark-Ages passions, murder ... more >
B Reviews Category1970s / animals / Australia / non-fiction / travel9 Comments
I arrived in the Alice at five a.m. with a dog, six dollars and a small suitcase full of inappropriate clothes. . . . There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns. For Robyn Davidson, one of these moments comes at age twenty-seven ... more >