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|title=The Boat
|author=Clara Salaman
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=This is a book that starts at the end, which saddened me a little. Sometimes it’s hard to get lost in the mystery of a story when you know how it ends. But a mystery this story is. Johnny and Clem are Brits abroad, traveling through Europe, sticking to the coast where the boats are. Johnny’s into all things nautical and as boat people, we understood this. The title is the first thing that caught my eye on this book, and the reason I picked it up. And it’s no lie: the vast majority of this book is set not just on boats generally, but on one specific boat. ''The Boat''. It belongs to another expat couple, Frank and Annie, whose life is a series of ports and harbours, and they come to Johnny and Clem’s aid when they need it most.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781855846</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|title=Mother, Mother
|summary=Having read and enjoyed both of her previous novels, [[What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn|What Was Lost]] and [[The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn|The News Where You Are]] I was looking forward to this latest book. The story tells us of a father who surprises his son, living in Spain, with a visit. The father is recently widowed and the son's long-term partner has very recently left him, although it's some time before he admits that to his dad. What begins as a holiday turns into something of a pschological rescue mission as Dermot begins to see the problems depressing Eamonn and the ways in which he might be able to help. There's a lot about familial relationships in the book, as well as ideas about living at home and abroad.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0670918563</amazonuk>
}}
