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AnninGlos | Report | 9 Jan 2005 16:14 |
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Family Affairs CatherineGaskin Crissy's family Malcolm Ross ann Glos |
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AnninGlos | Report | 9 Jan 2005 16:11 |
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have we had Good Wives as well as Little Women etc? Ann glos |
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Phoenix | Report | 9 Jan 2005 15:54 |
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Rosemary Weir, Pat? And "Her son's wife" is by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Gosh, I love Google. B |
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Pat | Report | 9 Jan 2005 15:42 |
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One for African Americans Roots Alex Haley Strumpet City James Plunkett When I was at school there was a great book called "The Star and the Flame" a great primary school book that went through the Plague and the Great Fire of London, I cannot remember the Author? Pat x |
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Yvette | Report | 9 Jan 2005 10:06 |
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What about the 2nd and third of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women series..... Jo's Boys and Little Men?? Also her books Eight Cousins and Kates's Choice?? that one is about Kate living with all of her Uncles in turn. Yvette |
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Phoenix | Report | 8 Jan 2005 23:37 |
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Family Linen by Lee Smith Oral History by Lee Smith Fair & Tender Ladies by Lee Smith Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Her Son's Wife - and I'm sorry, but I can't find my copy. An American novel, published by Virago and lots of Victorian novels, now forgotten, like: Donovan by Edna Lyall B |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:58 |
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Of course: 1984! |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:57 |
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Mandy - haha :-) Viv Your list brought back some memories. I read Ann Veronica ages ago when Virago brought it back into print. nell |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:52 |
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Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes (should be On t'Wrong Side o t'Blanket) Mandy :) |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:47 |
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Brother & Sister Next of Kin Other People's Children all Joanna Trollope Mandy :) |
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Shelli4 | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:43 |
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Band of brothers sorry if it's been said not bothered to read the whole thread |
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VIVinHERTS | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:41 |
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What about these Helen :- Lorna Doone - R.D.Blackmore Villette - Charlotte Bronte Evelina - Fanny Burney Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe Adam Bede - George Elliot Tom Jones - Henry Fielding Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett The History of Henry Esmond - W.M. Thackeray The History of Mr Polly - H.G.Wells Love and Mr Lewisham - H.G.Wells Ann Veronica - H.G.Wells Roderick Hudson - Henry James The Princess Casamassima - Henry James Madame Bovary - Flaubert Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott Love Viv. |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:19 |
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See what you can do when you try! Well done all. nell |
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Geoff | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:11 |
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A Town like Albert (mistranscription) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:08 |
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Marrying the mistress joanna Trollope Ann Glos |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Jan 2005 22:07 |
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The Auerbach Will Stephen Birmingham The Puritan's wife Joanna Hines Perfect family Penny Jordan Daughter of Shame Gwen madoc The Lost Boy David pelzer Fragile heritage Sarah hylton The ragged School F K Salwood For the love of a soldier june tate A kind of immortality Margaret Thomson Davis Sorry none of these are classics but they are all books i have read. Ann Glos |
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PennyDainty | Report | 8 Jan 2005 21:58 |
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The Godfather...Mario Puzo The Graveyard Game...Kage Baker the Wedding...Dorothy West |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Jan 2005 21:58 |
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Amanda's wedding jenny Colgan The last reunion Sarah Hylton Jumping to conclusions Christina Jones Father unknown Lesley Pearce Family fortunes Sarah Shears Ann Glos |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jan 2005 21:55 |
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The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick Doesn't say which one. I have 3 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Jan 2005 21:54 |
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Tinners daughter Rosemary Aitken House of Spirits isobel Allende Summer sisters judy Blume The Family Anita burgh Ann Glos |
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