The Merry Trilogy by Clare Mallory
Just before the axe fell I was in New Zealand, endeavouring to pretend that life was normal. My plan was to have a week there…
Just before the axe fell I was in New Zealand, endeavouring to pretend that life was normal. My plan was to have a week there…
Clare Mallory was a New Zealander who wrote books for children and teenagers in the 1940s and 1950s. I came across her books fairly recently…
The long silence from me is due to illness. I was critically ill in the summer and have taken a long time to recuperate. For…
As I write, it is a beautiful autumn day: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is scarcely a breeze. The view…
I'm in Australia at the moment, visiting relatives. Just now, I'm in Melbourne with cousins who know some great secondhand bookshops. Without trying very hard…
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