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Judy Blume: a Life – Mark Oppenheimer
Scribe Publications March 2026 ISBN: 9781761380686 RRP: AUD$39.99 It’s a brilliant biography of one of the most notable, enduring, revered and ground-breaking writers, particularly of kid and teen fiction, and, as you might expect, quite a behemoth to cover the almost 90 years of Judy Blume’s life. It took me almost a week of night…
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This Much is True – Miriam Margoyles
Hachette September 2021 ISBN: 9781529379884 RRP: $49.99 Well, what a rambunctious and joyous ride this memoir has been for my holiday read of the past few days! Miriam did not really cross my radar until I saw her as the Spanish Infanta in Blackadder but that’s really as much as I for one needed –…
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52 Mondays – Anna Ciddor
Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760523480 Imprint: A & U Children Pub Date: March 2019 RRP $14.99 It would appear that Anna Ciddor and I must be of the same vintage as this fictionalised account of a year of her childhood and the many references to commonplace 60s objects and events resonate so readily.…
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