I Choose the Moon, My Journey from the Midwest to the Middle East
- Location(s): Arizona, India, Iraq
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1994-2013
Jonea Mounsey grew up as a rural farm girl in Indiana, where her chores and family obligations competed with her heartfelt calling for adventure. Her loving husband turned controlling, and being obliged to work in a cramped office as...
- Location(s): Atlanta
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Which child would you save? A decision no parent can even fathom. Eliot Gordon would do anything for her family. A 38-year-old working mother, she lives an ordinary but fulfilling life in suburban Atlanta with her partner, Grant Delaney,...
- Location(s): London, Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
A sweeping story of three generations of women, crossing from London to Ireland and back again, and the enduring effort to retrieve the secrets of the past It’s London, 1960, and Aoife Kelly–once the sparkling object of young men’s...
- Location(s): Beijing (Peking)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Hu Anyan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated. He’s been a convenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a security guard and a delivery driver (among many other things). Every time the work gets punishing or the bosses...
- Location(s): Birmingham
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Sarah Roberts used to be good. Then she did something bad. Now, years later, she’s living a good life. She works as a local newspaper reporter and lives with her saintly boyfriend Jonathan. She has no reason to think...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
WHEN THERE’S BLOOD IN THE WATER, A FEEDING FRENZY IS SURE TO FOLLOW . . . The Ophelia is your typical superyacht: luxurious, owned by a ruthless billionaire and staffed by crew who have just one job: keep the...
- Location(s): Eritrea
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa’s best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the...
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him. Being the opara of...
- Location(s): France, England
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Local journalist Cassie is getting married to hot-shot, reliable Timothy. But it isn’t quite a match made in heaven. His pushy mother, Sylvia, AKA Monster-in-Law, is intent on taking over their wedding. When the exclusive ID Images is booked...
- Location(s): North York Moors
- Genre(s): Humour, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Winter Gregory and her twin sister, Daisy, live oceans apart, but they still have the ‘twin thing’ going on. Daisy is Winter’s port in the storm, the first person she calls when things go wrong. And things are wrong....
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