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Another fantastic book from Sarah Moss (which I put off reading for ages, for superstitious reasons).
I love her fierce intelligence, and her insight into what makes families tick.
I've seen reviews elsewhere complaining of its being another book by her about "woke middle class people". (Yeah, and Jane Austen just writes about marriage, right?)
It's about parents being faced with the mortality of a child.

sarahbarnes I already have this stacked! I love her writing. 13h

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The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place | Kate Summerscale

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In March 1953 the police found 4 dead women at 10 Rillington Place hidden in the walls and floorboards. Reg Christie was soon a suspect and one of the victims was his wife. Just 4 years before, in 1949, another man had been convicted for murdering his own wife and child on the same address.

This isn‘t a story looking into the life of victims and ignoring the suspect. It looks at both, but more importantly it looks at the press and the

AnneCecilie voyeuristic tendencies in humans treating this as entertainment. A tabloid paid for Reg Christie‘s defense attorney. People would bring their chairs and food to sit down outside 10 Rillington Place to watch the police work and buy the tabloids. As one of the journalists covering this case, Harry Procter wrote in his memoir The Secret of Disillusion published 1958: “‘Sit down there, you, that man in the back row‘, he admonished. ‘I‘ll have no 4d

AnneCecilie hypocritical comment! How many murderers‘ stories have you read, sir, in the Sunday papers? If you‘ve never read one, then I‘ll listen to you. If you have read one, then shut up! We poor slavers are your servants, sir, not your masters. We give you what you want because you want it! Let me tell you, sir, before you throw your back-row sear at me, it was tougher for me to do than it is for you to read about it. But you, sir, you were the boss.‘” (edited) 4d

AnneCecilie When Christie was accused of murdering these women, it also opened up the question if the right man had been convicted in 1949, for what are the odds of to murderers living under the same roof? So it also looks at pride and the inability for people in high power to admit mistakes and how that impacts a lot of people 4d

kspenmoll Wonderful, in depth review, 4d

AnneCecilie @kspenmoll Thank you 😊 4d

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Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion | Hilary Davidson

#PemberLittens 20th Anniversary showing of Pride and Prejudice definitely called for dressing up. Niece in law Jen and I had the best time. We sighed, we laughed, we clapped.

"You have bewitched me body and soul and I love, I love, I love you." ?

#JaneAustenThenAndNow

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 5d

CrowCAH Looking fabulous 😍 5d

dabbe 🤩😍🤩 5d

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Kristin_Reads Love it!! I‘m going tomorrow! 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Kristin_Reads @dabbe @CrowCAH @TheBookHippie you should have seen me. I had to pee during the movie. I hiked up my skirt and went running down the hallway of theater because I didn't want to miss Pemberley. 😂 5d

dabbe @Crinoline_Laphroaig 🤩🤣😍 5d

CrowCAH @Crinoline_Laphroaig you ran like Mr. Collins proposed 😂 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @CrowCAH 🤣 4d

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Bookwomble

Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows | Christine Burns

In response to the UK Supreme Court's ruling today against the rights of trans people to exist, I've written the following to my MP (see in comments). I'd ask British Littens of good conscience to write to their own MP in support of our trans fellow citizens.
#TransRights ✊🏳️‍⚧️✊ 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TransRightsAreHumanRights

You can find details of your MP and email them directly from this website:
https://www.writetothem.com/
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Bookwomble "I am very concerned about the ruling of the Supreme Court given on 16th April 2025 on the status of transgender (trans) people under the Equality Act, as it reinforces transphobic bigotry, further endangering the freedoms and wellbeing of British trans people.

While I am not myself trans, I fully support the rights of trans citizens to exist, to participate fully in the social life of our country, with the same rights of access to public and ⬇️ 1w

Bookwomble ... social spaces and organisations as cis citizens.

I am horrified by the creeping erosion of British civil liberties by socially conservative and right-wing activists, who persistently harass and target marginalised people to further their political agendas.

I would call upon you to express your full support for the rights of trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people in any forthcoming debates about and appeals against the Supreme ⬇️ 1w

Bookwomble ... Court's ruling. 1w

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Librarybelle A great response! 1w

Deblovestoread 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ 1w

quietlycuriouskate Thank you for sharing. 1w

GingerAntics 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I was very upset seeing that in my BBC news headlines. I‘m so glad there are good people in the UK fighting this nonsense. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ 1w

Jari-chan 👏👏🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ 1w

Bookwomble @GingerAntics It's not much, an email, but I guess it's not nothing 🙂 1w

lil1inblue 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 1w

Trashcanman It breaks my heart my friend. I‘m wishing for the best possible outcome. Well written. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍⚧️ 1w

GingerAntics @Bookwomble nothing ever feels like enough, but it‘s a thing you can do. It‘s also one more way to stand with trans people. So it‘s definitely not nothing. 1w

Leftcoastzen Terrible, glad you wrote to them! So important!👏🏳️‍⚧️ 1w

Lesliereadsalot So shocking! We‘ve had plenty of shocks in the USA lately ourselves! 1w

AmyG Trans rights are human rights. How people live their lives, the right to live their life…affects them and no one else. Why do some people have the right to live as they choose, how they feel is best for them…and not others? A good, decent human being is just that. I am so sorry. This is horrible and heartbreaking. 1w

CarolynM Well done, you👏👏👏 1w

Bookwomble @Librarybelle @Deblovestoread @quietlycuriouskate @GingerAntics @Leftcoastzen @Lesliereadsalot @AmyG @Trashcanman @lil1inblue @CarolynM On behalf of the trans people in my life, thank you all for your solidarity 💖🥲💖 7d

Bookwomble @Trashcanman Thanks, George 🩷 Standing up for each other is how we prevail over hate 🙂 7d

bibliothecarivs 📣 Trans rights are human rights! 3d

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs 🩵🤍🩷 Yes, they are! 😊💖 3d

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Jeg

I Couldn't Love You More | Esther Freud

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Heard Esther on the radio . It was from the Sydney Writers festival , not recent I don‘t think. I didn‘t realise her first book was Hideous Kinky . I saw the movie with Kate Winslett and loved it. This book is about 3 generations of women. I found it difficult at first to keep track of the characters as they had alternating chapters but finally got the hang of it. It all comes together nicely. Loved it.

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TrishB

The Tidal Zone | Sarah Moss

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Lovely days reading and finished this one 😁
I‘m working my way through Moss‘s back catalogue that I haven‘t read.
There‘s not much of a plot, but beautiful, insightful writing as always.

BekaReid I definitely need to do this myself. Absolutely adore Moss' writing, but there's a fair amount I have not read yet. 2w

TrishB @BekaReid I think I‘ve got them all now, slowly savouring them! 2w

quietlycuriouskate I just started this one today. ❤️ 2w

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sarahbarnes I love her writing. Haven‘t read this one yet - stacking. 2w

TrishB @quietlycuriouskate hope you enjoy it. 2w

TrishB @sarahbarnes I think she‘s a genius writer. 2w

BarbaraBB This one was so good. Such a great author. 2w

TrishB @BarbaraBB she definitely is. 2w

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The Tidal Zone | Sarah Moss