==Historical fiction==
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{{newreview
|author=Elizabeth Gill
|title=Miss Appleby's Academy
|rating=3.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=After forsaking her own chance of happiness to care for her aging father, Emma Appleby’s life is thrown into turmoil when he dies suddenly, leaving her fate entirely in the hands of her callous brother Laurence. Laurence and his wife view the middle-aged spinster as a burden and are keen to marry her off to an elderly neighbour to free themselves of responsibility. With seemingly nowhere to turn, Emma flees America to make a new life for herself in her childhood home of County Durham.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780878478</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Jenny Mandeville