Margaret R Kelly

Margaret R Kelly – Writer & Travelling Raconteur 

I write. I travel. I read. I learn. I dream and I live my dream.

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  • THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART: MOLLY RINGLAND

    THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART: MOLLY RINGLAND

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    GENRE: FAMILY SAGA/AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY FICTION They shouldn’t sell this book at airports! It was a mistake to read this book on back-to-back long-haul flights and in airports because I ugly-cried and I said things like, ‘Oh No!’ out loud, attracting concerned looks from the physically perfect young Danish man sitting next to me. And I…

  • TERRY PRATCHETT — A LIFE WITH FOOTNOTES: ROB WILKINS

    TERRY PRATCHETT — A LIFE WITH FOOTNOTES: ROB WILKINS

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    Margaret Kelly
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    GENRE: BIOGRAPHY I was devastated to read that Book Face, an amazing bookshop at Springfield (A suburb of Ipswich, Qld just down the road aways) had closed —- almost as devastated as I was in 2015 to hear of the final ’embuggerance’ of the irrepressible mind of Terry Pratchett OBE. Having read this artfully written…

  • THE BEE STING: PAUL MURRAY

    THE BEE STING: PAUL MURRAY

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    Margaret Kelly
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    GENRE: CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FICTION The Bee Sting would have to be one of my all-time favourite novels. It’s a poignant and unflinching portrayal of a family—the Barneses— in turmoil. They reside in a small town in Ireland during a time of financial chaos and against a background of climate change and environmental stress. It delves into…