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Whitcoulls Recommends: The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club and Ocean

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Sun, 1 Jun 2025, 1:07pm

Whitcoulls Recommends: The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club and Ocean

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 1 Jun 2025, 1:07pm

The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly. She’s a terrific writer of historical fiction (my favourite of hers is The Lilac Girls) – this time set on Martha’s Vineyard in two timelines – present day, when a young woman grieving the death of her mother arrives on the island and discovers things about her mother she never knew; while back during WW2 two sisters are trying to hold it all together as the US army arrives and everything changes for the local inhabitants. Like her other books this is based on real events – this time from the author’s own family history.

Ocean by David Attenborough and Colin Butfield. There is also a movie of this title playing in cinemas at the moment. Looking back over the course of David Attenborough’s lifespan (he’s just turned 99) this is a look at eight unique ocean habitats – through coral reefs, mangroves,  Oceanic Islands and more. It’s an extraordinary insight into what lies beneath the water, and how much it’s at risk – although Attenborough does say that while our oceans are fragile they also have an extraordinary capacity to repair themselves which is encouraging. It includes lots of amazing photos. 

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