Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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… at Truffles Cafe in Ironbridge
Afterwards we visited mum in the nearby care home on a day when she was not quite herself.
Much later in the day we dined in the Giggling Squid before visiting Theatre Severn to hear Kate Mosse ‘Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth’. She shared her inspiration for her novel Labyrinth [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 4th 2025
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Synopsis (from book cover):
Summer, 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network – codenamed ‘Citadel’ – is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the sinister battles raging in the shadows around them. as the war reaches its [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2013
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Synopsis (from book cover):
It’s 1928, Freddie Watson is still grieving for his brother, lost in the Great War. Driving through the foothills of the French Pyrenees, his car spins off the road in a snowstorm. Freddie takes refuge in an isolated village and there meets a beautiful, captivating woman. They spend the night talking of love and loss and war. But [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2012
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Synopsis (from the book cover):
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of southern France, Sepulchre is the stunning new novel of obsession and revenge from the number one bestselling author of Labyrinth.
OCTOBER 1891: Seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her brother Anatole abandon the gas-lit streets of Paris for the sanctuary of the Domaine de la Cade, some miles [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2011
