Black Forest Summer by Mabel Esther Allan
When Max, Asta, Thea and Van's mother dies they are devastated. Already fatherless, they feel cast adrift on a sea of despair and misery. Max,…
Continue reading → Black Forest Summer by Mabel Esther Allan
Page 13 of 33
Travel By the Book
On my other blog ( please feel very free to wander over to http://www.janespicturejournal.com) I mentioned in an article that I am unable to daydream…
Molly Hilton: Library Assistant by Bertha Lonsdale
First of all, let me put my cards on the table. I am a Chartered Librarian. I qualified in 1990 and gained my Charter in…
Continue reading → Molly Hilton: Library Assistant by Bertha Lonsdale
Outline for a Secretary by Angela Mack
Although I didn't realise it when I bought it, I had read this book as a teenager. It was reprinted by Knight Books as Three…
Kate in Advertising by Ann Barton
My sister and I have a little in-joke about words. It stems from the fact that I once memorably (at least as far as Ann…
Amanda in Floristry by Jane Sheridan
My inability to arrange flowers, my tendency to kill plants and my slowness in the morning are three good reasons for me never to have…
Clare Tristan Arctic Nurse by Joyce Case
So, let's start with the dust wrapper. First of all: those eyes. I recognised them from somewhere else. Right enough, AE Batchelor, the artist, also…
Shirley Anderson Sales Assistant by Patricia Baldwin
One of the things that has always puzzled me about the Victory Press career books is that there is hardly any mention of Church in…
Continue reading → Shirley Anderson Sales Assistant by Patricia Baldwin
Hester: Ship’s Officer by Valerie Baxter
After yesterday's debacle of a book, I decided to treat myself to a known favourite by an author who has managed to include a plot…
June Grey: Fashion Student by Lorna Lewis
As anyone who knows me can confirm, beauty and fashion don't loom very large in my life. I'd certainly never have considered a career in…
Continue reading → June Grey: Fashion Student by Lorna Lewis
Pictures and Conversations 