- Location(s): Crete
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 and 21st Centruy
May 1941 and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers are forced to take to the hills or become escaping PoWs, sheltered by the Cretan...
- Location(s): Chicago, The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1912 / 1980s
Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic—a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy’s impact...
The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
Arty has always lived in the Clearing, a commune hidden in the forests of south India. But her happy life, separate from the rest of the world, is shattered after a terrible event. For the first time, Arty must...
- Location(s): North Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1912
London, 1912. It is two years before the outbreak of World War 1, and the Oakley family are typical of their time. Andrew has been clerk at a City solicitors for twenty years. Alice, his wife, keeps the home...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Second World War
As fascists march across the cobbled piazzas and past the towered buildings of her beloved home city, twenty-year-old Devora’s worst fears come true. Along with her Jewish parents and twin little brothers they are torn away from everything they...
The Girl Who Just Wanted To Have Fun
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2006-8
Three stories. Three women. Three very different lives. Watch out for the unexpected twist! Liz is a career woman who is desperately trying to break through the glass ceiling in the world of finance, Betsy is the motherly figure...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): early 2000s
The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogy. Lisbeth Salander – the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels – lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. The third thrilling adventure set in a fictional Sri Lanka is jam-packed with peril, poachers and an endangered leopard! Selvi is a wild child who...
- Location(s): Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Fantasy
- Era(s): timeless
Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and grew up hearing stories that so enchanted him, he passed them along to his own children. He now shares them in this jewel of a book.
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