‘She picketed Mass with a sign that read: “They killed my baby in Bessborough”’– Fallen [ About the Book ] When Michael Connolly was a child in the 1970s, his mother told him about all the things that happened to her in that place. All that the nuns had done. The doctors encouraged her to…
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK– Because Of You [ About the Book ] Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. As the old millennium turns into the new, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl.Anna leaves…
“His name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story” [ About the Book ] Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships.…
‘A touching and unforgettable novel about dreams, redemption and the the beautiful game from one of Scotland’s most exciting contemporary novelists’– There’s Only One Danny Garvey [ About the Book ] A promising young football player returns home to his tiny village, his dreams in tatters and a dark secret haunting his conscience, in a…
‘Global temperatures are rising.The climate of the Abrams’ marriage is cooling’– When the Lights Go Out [ About the Book ] Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. She might laugh if Chris had bought a motorbike or started dyeing his hair. Instead he’s buying off-label medicines and…
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019THE SUNDAY TIMES 1# BESTSELLER– Girl, Woman, Other [ About the Book ] This is Britain as you’ve never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century…
‘All the light left Paddy Gladney’s eyes when his daughter disappeared; all the gladness went from his heart’– Strange Flowers [ About the Book ] In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never…
‘She tried to remember what life was like before she had met the Tilburys.She wondered how many years – if ever – it would be before the monster of awakened longing was subdued and she could return to placid acceptance of a limited life’– Small Pleasures [ About the Book ] 1957, south-east suburbs of…
‘What happened to the women we were supposed to become?’– Expectation [ Book Description ] Hannah, Cate and Lissa are young, vibrant and inseparable. Living on the edge of a common in East London, their shared world is ablaze with art and activism, romance and revelry – and the promise of everything to come. They…
‘Three women in their 70s – bruised by life, discarded by society, bursting with anger – reunite for one last, life changing weekend’– The Weekend [ Book Description ] Sylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously…