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 Borrowed Light - Joolz Denby
Newest Review: ... with his dental practise. Astra is surrogate mum to her youngest sister Gita and works part time at a café owned by her ... more  ... friend Con who has moved down from Bradford. She has a boyfriend in the form of the faithful and geeky Beaker, yet she can safely admire gorgeous surfer rich-kid Luke Skylur from afar. However it is clear that Astra isn't completely happy with how her life has turned out; she didn't intend to be a down-trodden, unqualified full time "mother" at age 26, which is effectively what she feels she has become.
However things change when Con's younger sister Angel arrives in Polwenna for an extended holiday. Angel is stu...more |
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Borrowed Light - Joolz Denby: Love, death and dangerous obsession against a stunning backd ... (811 words)
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The first book I read by Joolz Denby was "Billie Morgan," a vivid tale of an outlaw biker gang. I loved this book immensely mainly because Joolz has such an amazing ability to craft down to earth yet vivid prose. I enjoyed it so much that I went on to read "Borrowed Light" and found I enjoyed it just as much. The story is told in first person by Astra, who lives in the village of Polwenna in Cornwall with her parents and three younger siblings. The family are originally from Bradford, and Astra feels herself to be Bradford through and through, however they moved to Polwenna when Astra was young as her ageing hippie parents want to live a ... Read the complete review
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