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    Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
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    Thoughts On: Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal | Review | Analysis

    Updated on May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

    Blurb 1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell lives set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin.  But …

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    Cunning Women by Elizabeth Women
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    Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee | Review

    Updated on May 13, 2022May 15, 2022

    Blurb 1620s. Lancashire. Away from the village lies a small hamlet, abandoned since the Plague, where only one family dwell amongst its ruins. Young Sarah …

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    Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
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    Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel | Review

    Updated on May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

    Blurb One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly …

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    Theatre of Marvels by LIANNE DILLSWORTH
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    Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth | Review

    Updated on April 30, 2022May 1, 2022

    Blurb Behind the spectacle there are always secrets. Unruly crowds descend on Crillick’s Variety Theatre. A black, British actress, Zillah, is headlining tonight. An orphan …

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    Assembly by Natasha Brown
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    Assembly by Natasha Brown | Analysis | Review

    Updated on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

    Blurb Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all …

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    Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
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    Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart | Review

    Updated on April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

    Blurb Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgow’s housing estates. They should be …

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    Once There Were Wolves
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    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy | Review

    Updated on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

    Blurb Inti Flynn arrives in the Scottish Highlands with fourteen grey wolves, a traumatised sister and fierce tenacity.  As a biologist, she knows the animals …

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    Books to Change the World
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    Books to Change the World

    Updated on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

    Hello, and welcome back to The Wonderlost Reader. Today I’m talking about the books that I’ve read over the last five years that have had …

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    Top 10 Books of 2021

    Updated on January 2, 2022January 2, 2022

    Hello, and welcome back to The Wonderlost Reader. In today’s video I’m talking about my top 10 books of 2021. It’s been an interesting year …

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    The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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    The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

    Updated on September 26, 2021September 28, 2021

    Blurb Estha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins, are growing up amidst waves of banana jam, mountains of peppercorns and scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. When …

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