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HELENS HEROINES: Josie Winter
HELEN'S HEROINES: Josie Winter
4 November 2008
I finally got around to reading Over You by Lucy Diamond last week. It is a simple story of infidelity and, as Keris says in the review, it is a very domestic story (and extremely gripping). Quite possibly a story that could be told by many abandoned spouses  More
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HELENS HEROINES: Taylor Young
HELEN'S HEROINES: Taylor Young
28 October 2008
Taylor Young appears in two novels by Jane Porter. Odd Mom Out and Mrs. Perfect. In the former and the beginning of the latter she appears as a supermum, impossibly well groomed whilst attending to her husband, three children and various voluntary commitments  More
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HELENS HEROINES: Clara Casey
HELEN'S HEROINES: Clara Casey
21 October 2008
Really I could have used any one of the females from Maeve Binchy's new novel, Heart and Soul, (or in fact any novel of hers) to be this week's heroine. They aren't all confident, go getting career women. They have flaws and worries like the rest of us, but they  More
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HELENS HEROINES: You decide...
HELEN'S HEROINES: You decide...
9 September 2008
I have been writing about heroines since January and have covered a range from George Kirrin to Miss Marple to Rachel Samstat. So this week instead of giving you a fictional heroine who I worship, I'm turning the tables. I want to know who has inspired you. Ha  More
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HELENS HEROINES: Rose Feller
HELEN'S HEROINES: Rose Feller
2 September 2008
I was in two minds which sister to use from In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner for this week's heroine. Rose, the hardworking lawyer who has many issues or Maggie, unemployed, a petty thief and stealer of her sister's boyfriend. But the sister I identify with mos  More
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HELENS HEROINES: Maggie Walsh
HELEN'S HEROINES: Maggie Walsh
26 August 2008
I find Maggie Walsh, from the book Angels by Marian Keyes, to be a fascinating character. She is such an excellent example of a person who people believe to be a certain way, but in actual fact has many hidden qualities and thinks completely differently to how  More
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HELENS HEROINES: Maura Isles
HELEN'S HEROINES: Maura Isles
19 August 2008
Actually she is Dr. Maura Isles, medical examiner in the successful Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli series of books by Tess Gerritsen. Following on from the recent news that there is to be a new book in the series (September release in the US and January 2009 in  More
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