Title:
The Colour
Author:
Rose Tremain
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Publisher:
Random House
Release Date:
2004
Pages:
366
Meeting: Friday 8th October 2004
As I head off for the far-flung shores of New Zealand, I wanted my last Bibliofemme choice to reflect the coming changes in my own circumstances. An extended search for books by authors from that country was unfruitful but I eventually discovered Rose Tremain’s The Colour, a book not by a New Zealander but about New Zealand, specifically the
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Title:
Bel Canto
Author:
Ann Patchett
Genre:
Literature
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date:
2002
Pages:
318
Meeting: Sunday 27th April 2003
A spellbinding novel set in the sumptuous home of a humble vice-president of an un-named Latin American country.
The action begins, and just as quickly dissipates, when kidnappers burst into a party given in honour of a visiting Japanese businessman and would-be investor.
Amidst the andante that follows we watch the unlikely relationships that develop
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