Posts Tagged ‘Hilary Mantel’
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The Shelf of Solace
Nothing like reading about the Tudors to take your mind off your own misery. I started with Philippa Gregory’s Three Sisters, Three Queen. The novel is told in the voice of Margaret Tudor, who we first meet as a whiny, self-obsessed and envious little miss, jealous of her new sister-in-law, Katherine of Aragon and determined ...
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Here be dragons
I used to grumble about routine medical appointments. But it was a routine mammogram a couple of weeks ago which picked up early DCIS – noninvasive breast cancer. Immediately the health machinery was set in motion. The mammogram results took less than fortnight, the biopsy and follow-up appointment were made pronto presto. My GP was ...