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Book Review After the Party by Cressida Connellly

I agree with the reviews that say, “I’ve never read anything like it.” From the very beginning this novel is different: written in a style that evokes a different time period. It takes a while to get used to this: the main protagonist, Phyllis, comes across as a cold character, with very few redeeming factors. In fact, this first impression doesn’t improve and is one of the main criticisms I have of this book: Phyllis lacks any real depth: her feelings for her husband, children and family are at all times cold and distant....

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Bethany Askew interviewed on 10 Radio’s “Talking Books with Suzie Grogan” about her latest projects: “Counting the Days” and <a title=""On Active Service"" href="http://www.onactiveservice.co more...

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On Active Service

  “I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away.” My brother-in-law said. “I’m sure there’s a story here somewhere.” The letters were in several shoe boxes, totally out of order, birthday cards, telegrams, wedding invitations, even shopping lists, all jumbled up amongst them. My parents-in-law were sentimental. They hated the idea of throwing anything away, particularly the words they wrote to each other. How lucky for us that they did. For the majority of this correspondence covers the time my father-in-law was away “on active service”, for a year...

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