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Book review: Taste: My Life Through Food, Stanley Tucci

4 July 2025 Pat Hindley Books, Food

If you enjoy reading about mouth-watering food with a generous sprinkling of celebrity gossip and recipes, then Taste: My Life[…]

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Book review: Piglet, Lottie Hazell

12 June 2025 Pat Hindley Books

Piglet is an ideal read for a book club because it provokes a range of views, which leads to a[…]

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How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, Cherie Jones

Book review: How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, Cherie Jones

19 May 2025 Pat Hindley Books

I think the best way to describe How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is with words like unflinching, gritty[…]

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Matrix, Lauren Groff

Book review: Matrix, Lauren Groff

19 March 2025 Pat Hindley Books

Matrix is one of those books that makes me happy to be in a book club. It’s unlikely I’d have[…]

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French Braid, Anne Tyler

Book review: French Braid, Anne Tyler

27 February 2025 Pat Hindley Books

French Braid is probably the 10th Anne Tyler book I’ve read and the American bestselling author never disappoints. Her stories[…]

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Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

Book review: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

16 December 2024 Pat Hindley Books

Small Things Like These is one of those rare novels that don’t have a lot of words but they all[…]

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The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry

Book review: The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry

17 November 2024 Pat Hindley Books

The Secret Scripture isn’t a quick read, but Sebastian Barry’s book is a poignant and moving story that weaves a[…]

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Lost in Ibiza, Rebecca Frayn

Book review: Lost in Ibiza, Rebecca Frayn

13 November 2024 Pat Hindley Books, Spain

I spotted Lost in Ibiza in the Hay Festival bookshop not long after booking a winter sun trip to the[…]

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