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|title=The Beatles
|author=Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''The Beatles'' begins with the childhood of John Lennon at the end of the second world war. The first illustration seems to convey and infant John twisting and shouting on his way to the air raid shelter. The text and illustrations both paint a picture of mischievous but intelligent child. We especially loved an illustration that shows the mixed emotions of the passengers and driver as John plays an old harmonica for hours on the bus. Some of the passengers look desperate to escape, but the driver is so impressed he gives John a better harmonica.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804519</amazonuk>
}}
 
{{newreview
|title=Terms and Conditions
|summary=DS Aector McAvoy was rather hoping that he might be getting a reputation for his investigative skills but when we first meet him in ''Original Skin'' it's his ability with animals which is to the fore. If you want a runaway horse stopping then he's your man. He's distracted about something else too: whilst other detectives are working on a case which involves travellers and violent drug-related crime he's unable to get the case of Simon Appleyard out of his mind. Simon was deeply into the swinging scene and liked to live life to the full, so why did this slender young man with the peacock feathers tattooed on his back commit suicide one morning?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857389785</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anna Quindlen
|title=Still Life With Breadcrumbs
|rating=4.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=I was going to say that Rebecca Winter ''is'' a well-known photographer, but that's not quite how Rebecca sees it. She had major success with ''Still Life With Breadcrumbs'' and became a household name - almost a feminist icon - but the success has faded into the past. People who think about it guess that she's well-off, if not wealthy but the truth is different. When we meet Rebecca she's woken in the middle of the night by what sounds very like a gunshot - but she's not in her New York apartment. She's a couple of hours drive away in a rented cottage. It's the finances, you see. If she lets her New York property and rents somewhere cheaper the difference allows her to pay her mother's nursing home fees, a contribution to her father's rent, some assistance to her son - and all the other obligations we accumulate as we get older.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091954118</amazonuk>
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