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Varsha Seshan

Pirated Books

December 19, 2012 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I don’t like pirated books. I have repeatedly been very vocal and passionate about my criticism – I don’t like the quality of paper, I don’t like the quality of ink, I don’t like how cheaply reproduced it looks. All this, from the point of view of the reader. From the point of view of […]

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My Name is Rose

December 12, 2012 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I could say that Smarties Gold Medal winning author Sally Grindley’s book is about a Romanian gypsy being integrated into a dysfunctional recomposed English family. Orphaned during a road accident, she has to find her way into the affections of a money-hungry man, an attention-seeking girl and a guilt-ridden woman. She has to surmount the […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: gypsy, reading, review, Romania, Sally Grindley

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