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Kiss My Jagged Face by Isabetta Andolini Book Review

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The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Book Review

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The Leaving Season Book Review

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Wanting: Women Writing About Desire Book Review

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Some thoughts on seven years in Australia

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The latest bump in the well-worn visa road

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This much I know for sure after six years away from home

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On the bittersweet joy of two more years down under

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A rural retreat at Chalets Blackheath

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A Parisian Stay at Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain

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Montcalm East: a literary bolthole in London’s east end

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A storied stay at Vienna’s Hotel Altstadt

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Desert Island Books: Iman Hariri-Kia

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Desert Island Books: Seán Hewitt

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Desert Island Books: Monika Radojevic

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I’m Lucy, an award-winning book blogger, bibliotherapist and writer with a passion for brilliant books, independent bookstores, literary travel and book festivals around the world. The Literary Edit is your guide to the beautiful world of books.

The Literary Edit was named the London Book Fair’s inaugural Book Blog of the Year, and here you’ll find everything from weekly book reviews, to musings on the 1001 books to read before you die, to features on some of the best book blogs around, to write-ups on beautiful bookstores from around the world, to literary city guides and some personal insights into the agony and ecstasy of life of an expat.