A play set in Norfolk about the relationship between two sisters
“Fridge” by Emma Zadow – a play script about coming home and trying to escape from it
“Jane Austen at Home” by Lucy Worsley – a biography of the writer which is also a social history of the time
A biography of the great writer
“Legacy” by Nora Roberts – our heroine is a keep-fit guru but someone is out to kill her
A romance with a touch of suspense
“My Life in Houses” by Margaret Forster – an interesting way to write a biography
An engaging and unusual autobiography of the writer
“The Victorian House” by Judith Flanders – an engaging piece of social history
A look at Victorian life for ordinary people using the house and its rooms as a framework
“V2” by Robert Harris – a novel featuring weapons and war but really about people and choices
A book about the weapons programme at the end of the war
“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi explores what home means for those affected by slavery
Two sisters - two experiences but both tainted by slavery
“Housekeeping” by Marilynne Robinson – a beautifully written exploration of the ways that people choose to live
A town and family with a watery past
“Murder in My Backyard” by Ann Cleeves – a traditional murder mystery set in an English village
Inspector Ramsay is involved in an investigation in the village to which he has recently moved
June Wrap Up – and some thoughts on the current controversy about the children’s books of Enid Blyton
What I have been reading in June and what I am going to read in July
Anne Is Reading 