Second, without even finishing the story and knowing for certain that my initial impression is correct, I really dislike the concept of people giving up on their marriages. To be fair, I could be completely off on what was going on with the dude and the woman he was with in the prologue. The main character's love situation was horrid and I harbor no negativity about her position. So this reason for losing interest in the book is really up in the air as possibly being completely invalid, depending on why the man was available. The poems] circle down through image and gentle rhythms to a place of inner calm, a place well worth encountering. - Progressive Voices

Alun Michael (South Wales) on doing more with less, while continuing to support communities and taking a whole person view of crime Her productivity has shot up too. ‘I now make 150 chapatis per day and over 65 mandazis, up from 60 and 25 before I got solar,’ she excitedly explains.Award-winning author Charlotte Betts brings her Spindrift trilogy to a close with Letting In The Light, an emotionally satisfying, wonderfully evocative and beautifully written historical novel readers cannot help but fall in love with. Laurent, her husband, explains how their shop now opens before dawn and closes after 10 pm – all thanks to their solar light. ‘This has doubled our income from the shop,’ he boasts excitedly.

This is Emma Davies' debut novel, and its an incredibly impressive debut. I loved reading about Ellie and all of her ideas for everyone, was intrigued by Will's troubled past, and the setting of Rowan Hill was simply superb. It has huge grounds and the way the story and the area develops is incredibly impressive, and I am already looking forward to my return to Rowan Hill, in Turn Towards the Sun.I do not feel alone. I know I am loved. It helps sustain my hopefulness, and not to wallow in the misery and frustrations of my condition, and my brokenness. Section 1. Hereafter no schoolhouse shall be constructed in the city of New York without an open-air playground attached to or used in connection with the same. More than just romance - There was friendship and family and community. And while there was also romance, it wasn't overly sappy. I also appreciated that the bedroom scenes were more suggestion than explicit, because it felt more true to the character of the story itself. The British slang - I am familiar with some of it. Other terms I have to derive from context. But there is some sort of additional charm in the book being "written British" that just contributed to my immersion in the story. What a charming story, it starts off with a great prologue that introduces you to both Ellie and Will in unusual circumstances, and then the story starts properly a year later, and by that stage I was already hooked and eager to know more about everyone.