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by Jane Harris
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
Gillespie And I (first published in 2011) is the second novel by Jane Harris. Her acclaimed debut novel , The Observations (first pub. 2006) was also dramatised for Radio 4 as a ten-part serial by dramatist Chris Dolan and producer/director Bruce Young in 2007. Producer/director: Bruce Young1/10. Vi...
Clouds' Cloudscapes
Clouds' Cloudscapes rated it 11 years ago
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so I’ve decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my GIFTS AND GUILTY list.Regardless of how many books are alr...
paigeawesome
paigeawesome rated it 12 years ago
This book, I loved it.The second genre it's listed in is "mystery." I have a sort of hit-and-miss relationship with the mystery genre; I've loved a couple and been bored by a couple (there was one I read years ago that was awfully, dreadfully boring--and I am a very difficult person to bore). The la...
Kinga's Reading
Kinga's Reading rated it 12 years ago
I loved this book. Jane Harris takes us on a journey back to the Glasgow Exhibition in the late 19th century, where we meet Miss Harriet Baxter and the Gillespie family. The pages kept on flying by and I found myself fascinated by the story. Harriet cleaves herself to the Gillespies and has an espec...
Cushla
Cushla rated it 12 years ago
As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved.Back in 1888, the young, art-loving...
Nitya
Nitya rated it 12 years ago
3.5 - kept me engaged and turning pages quickly, even though you know what's coming.
Christine's Book Adventures
Christine's Book Adventures rated it 12 years ago
www.bbc.co.uk**********************************************************************Victorian gothic mystery by Jane Harris. In 1888, Harriet Baxter, an art-loving Englishwoman, arrives in Glasgow for the city's International Exhibition. She meets the Scottish painter, Ned Gillespie, and his wife, An...
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud
Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud rated it 13 years ago
Rating: √2 The Book Report: There isn't anything I can say that won't be a spoiler here. The book description from Amazon says:“As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie—a talented artist who...
Tiny Library
Tiny Library rated it 13 years ago
This review is going to be tricky to write because Gillespie and I is one of those books where the less you know the better and knowing too much would completely ruin the reading experience. It starts in London in 1933 where elderly spinster Harriet Baxter is writing a memoir about the artist Ned Gi...
I'm Reading...
I'm Reading... rated it 13 years ago
Other thoughts/reviews:Reading Matters: http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2012/03/gillespie-and-i-by-jane-harris.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FIZXS+%28Reading+Matters%29Iris on Books: http://irisonbooks.com/2012/05/06/gillespie-and-i-by-jane-harris...
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