Book Review – Page 13 – Scuffed Granny

Dreams of Drowning by Patricia Averbach

A novel of two tales, beautifully told, which weaves the weight of loss, youthful idealism and the limitations of old age together

An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud

A tale of three sisters, starting towards the end point and leading us through their lives with all the ups and downs, upsets and triumphs.

A Ruth Galloway mystery which is set at the start of the pandemic and which involves a number of mysterious deaths of women

A gripping tale of discovery and redemption set in the early twentieth century America filled with treachery, tribes and tribulation

A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable

A great children’s book but more than that, a great story book, about Feo and her wolves, and fighting the enemy intent on her destruction

The story of Sam and Sadie principally, and a friendship that endures rifts and crises, set in the world of computer programming and gaming

A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.

Not so much a book as an essay in book form, this little hardback is a treatise on why children’s books should be read by adults too.