- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Archway, North London. Born in England to an American solider, Georgina Hardiman can’t wait to escape her stop-family. she has big plans for her life…. but she never does make it to Katmandu. The only journey she makes is...
- Location(s): West Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): early 2000s
Child of the Appalachian mountains, Tess Spencer has experienced more than her share of heartache. The Glock-wielding, knife-carrying housewife knows how to survive whatever life throws at her. But when an anonymous warning note shows up in her best...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current day
Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn’t perfect, but music unites them, and they’re excited about what the future holds for their band,...
- Location(s): Denmark, Copenhagen
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
Sonja’s over forty, and she’s trying to move in the right direction. She’s learning to drive. She’s joined a meditation group. And she’s attempting to reconnect with her sister. But Sonja would rather eat cake than meditate. Her driving...
Misadventures in the Screen Trade
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa), Australia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1980s to the present
A young woman in a man’s world takes on the media industry. Can she hit the heights of her dreams, or will she fall flat on her face? Sydney 1981 Alison Ripley Cubitt couldn’t wait to make her mark....
- Location(s): Colorado
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her – with relief, with joy. Misery has made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now he wants to get on to some real...
- Location(s): Berkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1840
A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen – an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries. 1840: twenty three years after...
Miss Bangkok: Memoirs of a Thai Prostitute
- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
A rivetting read about the bar girl scene, the unhappiness, and desperation that drives young women to prostitution in Thailand.
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to...
- Location(s): Nanjing (Nanking)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
Xinran takes her readers to the heart of modern Chinese society in this delightful and absorbing tale of three peasant girls getting to grips with life in the big city. The Li sisters don’ t have much education, but...
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