‘A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of The Wonder and ROOM.‘– The Pull of the Stars [ Book Description ] Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an…
‘Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . .‘– The Bird in the Bamboo Cage [ Book Description ] China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to…
‘A story of motherhood, music, loss and redemption, set in the latter part of WWI and post-Armistice.’– Lucia’s War [ About the Book ] London, 1949. Opera singer Lucia Percival is due to perform her last concert. But she has no intention of going onstage. A terrible secret from the First World War has finally…
‘In the afternoon everything came to a standstill. The fragrant khus-khus tatties were lowered over every window and door, and the bhistis drenched them with water…..As the water evaporated from the sweet-smelling grass blinds and the punkahs circulated cool air around the darkened rooms, it was possible in those couple of hours to drift off…
‘A tour-de-force of imagination and literary craft from a young author whose star is rising. The setting is ancient, yet its conflicts, fears – and its hopes – are our own.‘– Augury (Publisher) [ About the Book ] The people of an ancient city awaken one night to find the earth beneath them trembling. But…
‘With characters inspired by the real female pilots who flew for Air Transport Auxiliary, as well as the only female victim of the Katyn massacre, who was also a pilot’– When We Fall When We Fall by Carolyn Kirby will be published in paperback format with No Exit Press on 7th May 2020 to coincide…
I am Ana.I was the wife of Jesus.. – The Book of Longings The day has finally arrived…. The exceptional and extraordinary new novel The Book of Longings, by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd, is published today with Tinder Press. I was very lucky to have received an advance copy…
I am Ana.I was the wife of Jesus..– The Book of Longings [ About the Book ] Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the neglected and silenced women around her. Raised in a wealthy family in Galilee, she is sheltered from the…
‘A tale of tangled secrets and a search for the truth. The past cannot lie silent forever’ – The Secret of Eveline House [ About the Book ] It’s 1949 and playwright Violet Ward has returned from London with her husband Henry and young daughter Sylvia, to take up residence in Eveline House in County…
‘He would be back soon, I felt it, for our love was a living thing, growing and breathing as surely as all the birds in the air’– The Lost Lights of St Kilda [ About the Book ] 1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he…