Reviews – Page 862 – What Cathy Read Next…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Books for My Younger Self. Rather than stick strictly to the topic, my list contains books (both fiction and nonfiction) that feature young people who do remarkable things. Something to educate and inspire readers of all ages.

The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones – in the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls try to escape their past

The Girl from Vichy by Andie Newton – a young woman joins the French Resistance

The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes – five children of a Jewish family must survive the loss of their home and separation from their parents when Germany invades France in WW2

The Wanderers by Tim Pears – a young boy travels alone through the West Country

The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor – a group of schoolchildren and their teachers endure the Japanese occupation of China

Summerland by Lucy Adlington – a young refugee has to make a life in a new country

Then We Take Berlin by John Lawton – a young girl evacuated from her home in Berlin during WW2 becomes involved in documenting the identities of the survivors of a wartime atrocity

The Hidden Village by Imogen Matthews – young Jewish children are forced to take refuge in a village hidden deep within a Belgian forest during WW2

Song by Michelle Jana Chan – a boy leaves behind his impoverished family in China to travel to Guyana in the hope of making his fortune

Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers – a girl from the slums of Kampala becomes a chess champion

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Blog posts

Monday – I shared my review of The Museum Makers by Rachel Morris as part of the blog tour.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books That Make Me Hungry. I also published my review of V For Victory by Lissa Evans as part of the blog tour.

Wednesday – It wouldn’t be “hump day” without WWW Wednesday, the opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next…as well as have a good nose around to see what other bloggers are reading.

Thursday – I shared my publication day review of Charlotte by Helen Moffett.

Saturday – I published my review of Talland House by Maggie Humm as part of the blog tour.

As always, thanks to everyone who has liked, commented on or so shared my blog posts on social media.

New arrivals

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth, her husband of thirty-two years, is terminally ill, their house and farm are taken away, along with their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall.

Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea, and sky. Yet through every step, every encounter, and every test along the way, their walk becomes a remarkable and life-affirming journey. Powerfully written and unflinchingly honest, The Salt Path is ultimately a portrayal of home–how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.

Miss Austen by Gill Hornby

It’s 1840, twenty-three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, and Cassandra Austen – alone and unwed – returns to the vicarage in the village of Kintbury.

There, in a dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, she discovers a treasure trove of family letters – and within them secrets that she feels certain must not be revealed. She resolves to burn the letters, even those written by Jane herself. But why destroy so much of her sister’s legacy?

As Cassandra casts an eye back on her youth and the life of her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together long-buried truths from both her and Jane’s pasts, and knows she must make a terrible choice: let the contents of the letters colour Jane’s memory for ever – or protect her reputation no matter the cost.