Blog – Scuffed Granny

Books, travel, TV and other interests – find my reviews here

A nice, heart-warming read about teenager Frances Finkel and her yearning to become a fighter plane pilot in the Second World War

by scuffedgranny September 25, 2022September 21, 2022

The strength of this book lies in the power of Colin Dodds’ prose – a curious tale of resurrection, religion, and blighted friendship

by scuffedgranny September 21, 2022

A tale of a frontier town and the promise offered by gold prospecting – dark, threatening and thrilling, and excellently told

by scuffedgranny September 16, 2022

A stimulating, thoughtful memoir about a young girl who enters a controversial church at its height and how this shaped her life and faith

by scuffedgranny September 11, 2022

A reflection on a childhood in Africa at the end of empire and how that has inexorably shaped the author into the man he was and is now

by scuffedgranny August 31, 2022

An easy read of a murder mystery featuring a French journalist and an ancient artefact

by scuffedgranny August 28, 2022August 24, 2022

A book very much of our times, A.I. Fabler’s novel starts as a search for the truth about a copied painting but becomes much more

by scuffedgranny August 24, 2022August 16, 2022

A collection of poems, heartfelt and honest, written by a man caring for his elderly parents, one of whom, his father, has dementia

by scuffedgranny August 21, 2022August 15, 2022

Not a bad first effort from a new author about two young people, unhappy with life who are given a second chance

by scuffedgranny August 17, 2022August 15, 2022

One farmer’s fight to preserve the land that his family has farmed for generations is a story of the little man versus the power of money

by scuffedgranny August 14, 2022August 10, 2022

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