- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 7th century
Deep in the heart of seventh-century Arabia, a new prophet named Muhammad has arisen. As his message of enlightenment sweeps through Arabia and unifies the warring tribes, his young wife Aisha recounts Muhammad’s astonishing transformation from prophet to warrior...
- Location(s): Laos
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
Outhine Bounyavong is one of the most prominent contemporary writers in Laos. His stories are animated with Laotian virtues of simplicity, compassion, respect for age, and other village mores; they breathe with a gentleness that is fresh and distinctive....
Mother’s Boy: A Writer’s Beginnings
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): late 20th century
‘A wonderful memoir, written with great linguistic brio. Candid, shrewd and moving – a classic of its kind.’ – William Boyd ‘Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious of course – but don’t let the self-ribbing fool you; this is deep and...
- Location(s): Berkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will...
- Location(s): Crete, Lancashire
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s and contemporary
Crete, present day. A woman anxiously awaits the arrival of someone who could change her life for ever… Lancashire, the 1950s. Three young girls make their way in a brave new post-war world. But can they escape the trappings...
- Location(s): Samarqand, Moscow, Russia, Uzbekistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Present day
This haunting novel by the world’s leading Tajik-language novelist is a time-twisting reverie on the bond between mothers and daughters. Growing up in late Soviet-era Uzbekistan, Mahtab feels more at home in the cotton field-and in the past, as...
- Location(s): Motherwell
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1980s
Just shy of 18, Deborah Orr left Motherwell – the town she both loved and hated – to go to university. It was a decision her mother railed against from the moment the idea was raised. Win had very...
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1947 onwards
Many of us know how the partition of India and Pakistan came about. However, there are several other stories that took place during that time that we need to be aware of. There are several tragedies which have not...
Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life
- Location(s): Rochester
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Early 20th century, mid 20th century
Mount Allegro is an extraordinary memoir, a celebration of Sicilian life, an engaging sociological portrait, a moving reminiscence of a fledgling writer’s escape from the restrictive culture in which he grew up. Jerre Mangione’s autobiographical chronicle of his youth...
- Location(s): Nevada
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Mountain City: a rural mining town in Nevada. 84 miles away from anything, the town’s population – once in the thousands -now totals thirty-three. It is a classic tale of fame and fortune, good jobs and promising futures, followed...
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