Tag: Jenny Williams

• Five books that changed the way I read

  Some books you read, and then you just sort of forget; they don’t make any difference in your life. Some you think about for a while after, but then they fade from your memory and you move on to the next thing. But there are some books that just get their hooks into you and […]

  Lizzi

  January 17, 2022

  Articles, Comment, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Personal, Reviews

  20th Century, Alone in Berlin, Biography, Daphne du Maurier, Daphne DuMaurier, Donna Tartt, Fiction, GoodReads, Hans Fallada, Hardback, History, Jane Austen, Jenny Williams, Julius, Literature, Little Man What Now, Lord of the Flies, More Lives Than One, My Cousin Rachel, Non Fiction, Paperback, Penguin, Penguin English Library, Persuasion, Rebecca, Sarah Waters, Second World War, The Goldfinch, The Paying Guests, The Secret History, William Golding

• More Lives Than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada by Jenny Williams

  Last year (2011) I read Fallada’s final novel Alone in Berlin, after reading about it in various magazines – it seemed to be unanimously praised, and thee subject matter seemed interesting, so I gave it a go. I wrote a review of it for a former (and frankly less good) incarnation of this blog, which […]

  Lizzi

  April 14, 2012

  Non-Fiction, Reviews

  20th Century, Biography, Hans Fallada, Jenny Williams, Non Fiction, Penguin