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Review: Woman 99, by Greer Macallister

August 7, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Woman 99 by Greer Macallister

This book was SO GOOD! Woman 99 is a brilliant, gripping story from an incredibly talented writer. 19th century San Francisco. Charlotte’s sister, Phoebe is committed to a local asylum when she tries to interfere in her mother’s matrimonial scheming. Charlotte hatches an heroic but extremely naive plan to get herself committed under a false […]

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How to get better at asking R U OK any day of the year

September 17, 2019 by Guest Leave a Comment

by Helen Davis R U OK? Day was the perfect chance to reflect on how we speak to our children about mental health. Many parents struggle to broach the topic with their kids, especially when they’re going through those tricky teenage years. But the truth is, if you can build emotional vocabulary from an early […]

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Review: Turtles All The Way Down, by John Green

November 10, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Turtles all the way down by John Green

I feel like writing a ‘review’ of a John Green book shouldn’t be a thing. Really there should just be a transmitted interruption to life everywhere that says, in big, bold black letters: JOHN GREEN HAS RELEASED A NEW BOOK. GO READ IT NOW. And yet, here I am. If you’ve been hiding under a […]

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