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A predecessor to ‘Cauliflowers through the cat flap and other tales from a solitary lockdown’, ‘Tales from the Hamlet’ meanders purposefully through altogether more social adventures in Italy. An intriguing blend of travelogue and memoir in the Biographies & Memoirs of Women genre it’s a fascinating and informative journey of discovery as Cassandra Campbell-Kemp’s immersive narrative delves deeply into Italy’s topography, landscape, food and people.
From endearing and entertaining characters to interesting (and sometimes emotional) forays into Italian history, Campbell-Kemp expertly links the past and the present, demonstrating how the Country has been shaped by its predecessors, with abundant and mouth-wateringly edible temptations, lively social events and cultural idiosyncrasies linking one chapter to the next.
Explosions of imagery burst from between micro forays, as she in the same few lines draws you in and takes your breath away, eloquently describing the ancient countryside, whilst in the background her pensive hunger for her own ‘England’ calls her insistently. Her descriptions of Verona drawing a parallel with Dickens’ own musings on the city, as she captures its beauty, timelessness, and sense of history still lived.
With honest self-description, Campbell-Kemp keeps it real, never shy to divulge the highs and the lows, and the difficulties of a lone English woman negotiating the mundane aspects of health, housing and business. However, she approaches her writing with the same gusto that she applies to her life-diving in and eager to explore with every sense the plethora of experiences offered.
A remarkably brave woman, and a remarkable book, written with sophisticated vocabulary, captivating candour and the most beautiful descriptive tone, which literally opens up Italy for the reader like a bloom, defying you not to feel just the beginning tingles of itchy ‘travellers’ feet. A five star read Tales from the Hamlet is unreservedly recommended!
Full of irony and with a wry, sometimes depreciating flavour, ‘Cauliflowers through the cat flap and other tales from a solitary lockdown’ is a transparent and honest fly on the wall biographical account of one woman’s lockdown experience. Not just any woman. A women who is indeed, as her friends tell her, ‘excellent at putting words together’.
Edgy with smart dialogue, at first glance, Chasing Shadows might seem like a conventional romance, but it’s a snapshot of two lives: of a journalist whose success and integrity have placed her life at risk, and a bodyguard whose tragic backstory and strong moral compass have left him desperately seeking reconciliation with a sister he thought was lost to him.
A kaleidoscope of medieval fantasy Howard returns with book 2 in his Griffin Legends series to once again deliver the kind of rousing, large-scale adventure that marks the best sword and sorcery epics and finds Godfrey’s resolve tested beyond anything he could have imagined.
Are we desensitising our young people with the graphic offerings of modern media? And going even further, do the conclusions of ‘Bandura and the Bobo doll’ still hold true in the modern era?
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Will reading be ‘a thing’ in the distant future? And what does it mean for writers of fiction? More importantly, what are we collectively doing to keep reading alive?
Albert Einstein said that. No doubt imagination, then, is a great thing to have if it yields such rich thinking in adulthood-But when does imagination start in the brain? And how important is reading for developing imagination young minds?
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