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Pachinko – Min Jin Lee

  Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty told through  a sweeping multi-generational epic.   Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. …

A day in Hay

Hay-on-Wye is a top destination for bookworms all over the world. As I’ve always lived in Wales, I’ve been lucky enough to visit several times. Now I live even closer than ever and it’s just a short drive over, plus I am lucky enough to have book-loving friends who will come with me and understand …

The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes

  The Giver of Stars is an inspirational tale of friendship, determination and above all the power of books!  The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Alice Wright doesn’t love her new American husband. Nor her domineering father-in-law or the judgmental townsfolk of Baileyville, Kentucky. Stifled and misunderstood, she yearns for escape and finds it …