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|title=Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with the author of ''Call the Midwife''
|author=Jennifer Worth
|rating=4
|genre=History
|summary=[[:Category:Jennifer Worth|Jennifer Worth]], author of the bestselling ''Call the Midwife'', sadly passed away in May 2011 following a short illness. Her books have gained a great deal of popularity in recent years with their mixture of warmth, sadness and humour based on her experiences working as a midwife in the East End of London. ''Letters to the Midwife'' features some of the treasured letters received by Worth from former work colleagues and fans of her books. The resulting book is a rich testament to a life lived fully and to a very special lady whose memories have managed to inspire and touch so many.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0297869086</amazonuk>
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|author=Anne Leonard
|summary=Parenthood. Isn’t it great? Setting an example. Forming young minds. Embarrassing your kids. Whether it’s Dad dancing or Mum singing in public, most parents do one thing that makes their child cringe. Pity then poor Sas whose Mum is messy Magda, a woman with more than the one odd habit.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909423041</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent
|author=Marie Brennan
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=We could all wish for a little of Lady Trent in ourselves. It's obvious what she feels she has inside her, for ever since she was a young girl she ignored society and decorum and was interested in science, nature, and the discovery of all that was unknown about dragons. She even went on a hunt for wolf-drakes, disguised as a male, and that's a species that prefers female prey. But as renowned a pioneer as she is, she has never told anyone in such detail of her life stories, starting with this one – a journey to the cold, mountainous land of Vystrana, which successfully uncovered a lot of the truth about dragons – but also a lot that was much harder to explain…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783292393</amazonuk>
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