What it was like for people in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.
Springcleaning – Book 7 “The Quick and the Dead” by Janine Di Giovanni
Springcleaning – Book 6 “Magnificent Obsession” by Helen Rappaport
The effect on Queen Victoria of the death of her husband Prince Albert
Springcleaning – Book 5 “Ill Met By Moonlight” by W Stanley Moss
The story of a WW2 raid in Crete written by one of the participants
How important decisions were made
Ten decision taken from 1940 to 1941 - how they were made and why
Springcleaning – Book 4 “Consumed” by Arifa Akbar
A memoir of the author's sister
Poverty, alcoholism, mental health issues and a child growing up in the 1970s
The author's childhood in 1970s Birmingham
Springcleaning – Book 3 “The Promise” by Damon Galgut
A dysfunctional family and a broken promise
Forgiveness and revenge – a daughter’s story
A daughter tries to work out how to respond to the shooting of her father
Springcleaning – Book 2 “My Italian Bulldozer” by Alexander McCall Smith
After a series of unfortunate events our hero is driving through Italy in a bulldozer
Two minds that do not think alike
The author is fascinated by another writer who shares her name but has a very different worldview
Anne Is Reading 