LEIGH FORBES: Books of all Sorts

8th March 2019
by Leigh Forbes
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The Last Words of Madeleine Anderson

by Helen Kitson. Gabrielle is twenty-years on from her best-selling novel, and the fame and riches it brought her. Now, she is a single (no children), socially isolated housekeeper for the local vicar, still haunted by the death of her … Continue reading

12th January 2019
by Leigh Forbes
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The Secret Teacher: dispatches from the classroom

by The Secret Teacher. The Secret Teacher is just starting out in an English secondary school. He is optimistic, and idealistic, characteristics that would be damped by most jobs in time; but he is quickly put in his place by … Continue reading

20th November 2018
by Leigh Forbes
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Homemade Takeaways

by Rob Allison. From-scratch recipes! Cooking, as I do, for three children with sensory-processing issues (they struggle with both the taste and texture of food), the range of dishes they can all cope with is very small. That said, they … Continue reading