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Grand Union

Grand Union
  • Author(s): Zadie Smith
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Varied

In the summer of 1959, an Antiguan immigrant in north west London lives the last day of his life, unknowingly caught in someone else’s story of hate and division, resistance and revolt. A mother looks back on her early...

Grandfather’s Tale

Grandfather’s Tale
  • Author(s): Ulfat Idilbi
  • Location(s): Syria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 20th century

In Damascus, an old woman tells her grandchildren tales of her own grandfather who had come from Daghestan in the Caucasus many years before.My Grandfather’s Tale explores the close links between the Muslim Caucasus and the Arab world against...

Grandmothers

Grandmothers
  • Author(s): Salley Vickers
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation: fiercely independent Nan, who leads a secret life as an award-winning poet when she is not teaching her grandson Billy how to lie;...

Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica

Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica
  • Author(s): Dorothy Carrington
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Travelogue

‘Get away from here before you’re completely bewitched and enslaved…’ Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman’s cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew...

Granny Ting Ting

Granny Ting Ting
  • Author(s): Patrice Lawrence
  • Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A quirky family comedy set in the Caribbean from prize-winning author Patrice Lawrence. Shayla can’t wait to see her cousin Michael again. Last time, they had great fun chasing Granny’s chickens and playing hide-and-seek in the bamboo by the...

Grape Expectations: A Family’s Vineyard Adventure in France

Grape Expectations: A Family’s Vineyard Adventure in France
  • Author(s): Caro Feely
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Filled with vivid descriptions of delicious wines, great food, and stunning views, this is a unique insight into the world of the winemaker, and a story of passion, dedication, and love When Caro and Sean find the perfect 10-hectare...

Grass Shoots

Grass Shoots
  • Author(s): Jane Bwye
  • Location(s): Kenya, Africa, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1998 - 2015

This sequel to Breath of Africa is a tender love story, completing the saga of Caroline and Charles and their respective families, against the backdrop of modern day Kenya. Emily, an AIDS orphan, and Paul, Caroline’s son, are good...

Gratitude

Gratitude
  • Author(s): Delphine de Vigan, George Miller (translator)
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, In Translation
  • Era(s): Modern

TRANSLATED BY GEORGE MILLER Marie owes Michka more than she can say – but Michka is getting older, and can’t look after herself any more. So Marie has moved her to a home where she’ll be safe. But Michka...

Grave Hand

Grave Hand
  • Author(s): Susan Parry
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

When a dismembered hand is unearthed from peat in snow covered moorland near the Ribblehead viaduct, Millie Sanderson is called in to help with the archaeological investigation. But is the hand really as old as it appears? Some believe...

Gravel Heart

Gravel Heart
  • Author(s): Abdulrazak Gurnah
  • Location(s): Zanzibar
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/1990s

Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, Gravel Heart is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Paradise Salim has always believed that his father does...

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