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My Name Is Victoria

My Name Is Victoria
  • Author(s): Lucy Worsley
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th century

‘You are my sister now,’ Victoria said, quietly and solemnly. ‘Never forget it. I love you like a sister, and you are my only friend in all the world.’ Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. She likes...

My Name is Yip

My Name is Yip
  • Author(s): Paddy Crewe
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

Yip Tolroy and his fiery Mama run the general store in Heron’s Creek, Georgia. An uneventful life, until gold is discovered nearby and Yip is caught up in a bloody, grievous crime forcing him to flee. On the run,...

My New Greek Life

My New Greek Life
  • Author(s): Amelia Short
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Current

Since Gabrielle Lowe impetuously purchased a run-down Kafenion in the little-known Greek town of Koustafali, her life has changed from a directionless mess to a life with purpose. After a series of teething problems, Gabby has finally begun to...

My Past is a Foreign Country

My Past is a Foreign Country
  • Author(s): Zeba Talkhani
  • Location(s): Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Touching on often taboo subjects . . . Talkhani’s story of grit is a portrait of a young woman who refused to let others define her.’ ELLE 28-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid...

My Pear-Shaped Life

My Pear-Shaped Life
  • Author(s): Carmel Harrington
  • Location(s): County Wexford
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Meet Greta. She’s funny. She’s flawed. She’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is. But Greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is…being yourself. Greta Gale has played the part...

My Perfect Cabin

My Perfect Cabin
  • Author(s): Emmanuelle Mardesson, Sarah Loulendo (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Take your little ones on a trip across the world, meeting people from many different cultures along the way, in this beautifully illustrated picture book. All Lucile wants is a lovely place that she can call home, but she...

My Perfect Deserted Island

My Perfect Deserted Island
  • Author(s): Hae-Soo Park, Slin Jung (Translator)
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

SLOW DOWN. SOMETIMES THE BRAVEST ACT IS STARTING OVER. Jian Cha thought she had her life mapped out – until the weight of endless deadlines and the relentless pace of her corporate job begins to fracture her spirit. Craving...

My Phantoms

My Phantoms
  • Author(s): Gwendoline Riley
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the novelist hailed as one of Britain’s best working authors (TLS) comes an end of life reckoning with a toxic mother-daughter bond, grief, and the damage done throughout the years. Helen Grant is a mystery to her two...

My Place

My Place
  • Author(s): Sally Morgan
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th century

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia’s indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother’s birthplace, starting a search for information about her family....

My Policeman

My Policeman
  • Author(s): Bethan Roberts
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

It is in 1950s’ Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten – determined her love will be enough for them both. A few...

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