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|author=Melvyn Bragg
|title=Grace and Mary
|rating=4.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Grace and Mary is a tender and moving account spanning three generations of the same family. In the first chapter, we are introduced to ninety-two year old Mary and her doting son, John. Mary is in a nursing home and has dementia, hovering in a limbo-world, precariously balanced between the present and the past. John delights when he catches the occasional glimpse of the ''real'' Mary, and they find a meeting place, of sorts in their shared world of memories and songs.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444762346</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lucy Clarke
|summary=Killian Lone grows up in a home lacking in love and security. For these he relies on his elderly aunt Dorothy, an accomplished cook. Indeed his visits to Dorothy revolve around food as he absorbs all she can teach him, slowly inheriting her passion and skill along with her knowledge. This attachment to food then becomes his career choice, leading to the unfortunate discovery of a family secret that has remained hidden for a very long time. Why 'unfortunate'? There's a reason for its concealment… a very, very good reason.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780720807</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tom Winter
|title=Lost and Found
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Carol has lived in a state of unhappiness for many years, married to a man she doesn't love (and probably never has) and with a daughter whom she doesn't understand (and probably never will). But Sophie is just about independent now and Carol is determined that she's going to tell Bob that the marriage is over - that she's leaving - but something always gets in the way. As her frustration grows she writes letters - to the world at large - and posts them. It doesn't ''change'' anything, but she does feel better. She even puts a smiley face on the envelope.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472101596</amazonuk>
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