Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 - Winner
The winner of the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction (previously the Orange Prize for Fiction) is May We Be Forgiven by A M Holmes
Full details can be found at Women's Prize for Fiction.
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 - Winner
The winner of the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
More details can be found at the booktrust.
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Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
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Kate Summerscale
reviewed by ummlilia
sadly this was one of the few books I failed to finish this year. I think I had not read the reviews of it properly beforehand as I had expected it to be a fictionalised version of events rather than a historical account..it was just too dry for me.
Early divorce cases are interesting though..I .... read more
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