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Sarum: The Novel of England and a visit to some of the places mentioned.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ Sarum by Edward Rutherford is an epic novel about the area of England known as Sarum. This novel, of more than one thousand pages, spans more than 10,000 years, covering the span of English history from primitive times to … Continue reading →

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All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ “Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of … Continue reading →

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Best Book of 2014

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Sewfrench

“Everything I Never Told You,” the début novel by author Celeste Ng, tells of the tragedy that strikes the Lee family when their 16-year-old daughter Lydia goes missing one morning. The author effortlessly weaves in the back story of the … Continue reading →