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Back from a lovely walk. Book in one hand, cup of tea in the other. Tink by my side, Classic FM quietly in the back ground accompanied by all the sparrows in my hedgerow. What more can a woman ask for?
Happy reading.

Congratulations to Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's the youngest Booker Prize winner for a debut novel too.

"I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'

Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of 'blush words' that aren't in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies - unlocking a darkness that threatens to derail them all" Synopsis from Amazon.co.uk