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Book Review: 70s House by Estelle Bilson (Kyle Books, 2023)

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Book Review: 70s House by Estelle Bilson (Kyle Books, 2023)

Looking back it now, so much of the 70s just looks like really good fun. What’s not to love about a fondue party, lava lamps, flamenco dolls, hedgehog cakes and prawn cocktails?

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #13

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #13

Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #13 – A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Black Swan / 2004).

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #12

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #12

Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #12 – Dai Rees on Golf (Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd / 1959).

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #11

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #11

Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #11 – A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan by Laura Thompson (Head of Zeus / 2015).

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #10

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Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #10

Brought to Book: Things Found in Secondhand Books and What They May Reveal About Their Previous Owners #10 – Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties edited by Liz Heron (Virago Press / 1985).

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