Category: historical fiction

‘That Bonesetter Woman’ by Frances Quinn | @franquinn | #20BooksOfSummer

Author : Frances QuinnTitle : That Bonesetter WomanPages : 450Publisher : Simon & SchusterPublication date : July 21, 2022Source : Owned Meet Endurance Proudfoot, the bonesetter’s daughter: clumsy as a carthorse, with a tactless tongue and a face she’s sure only a mother could love. Durie only wants one thing in life – to follow…

‘Madwoman’ by Louisa Treger

Author : Louisa TregerTitle : MadwomanPages : 280Publisher : BloomburyPublication date : June 9, 2022 Based on a true story, a spellbinding historical novel about the world’s first female investigative journalist, Nellie Bly.  In 1887, young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a…

This Week in Books (1st June, 2022)

Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Camden mortuary assistant Cassie Raven has spent her life thinking that her parents were killed in a car accident when she was four. It’s one of…

And that’s a wrap for … April

Does anyone even understand how it is May already? April was just doing its thing, being all chill. We had some lovely sunshine-y days, did some pottering in the garden (my neighbours keep removing trees so I keep adding them 💁🏼‍♀️), read a little, nothing of much importance. Then the final week, my MIL decided…