- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A tome of a read, this book chroncles a snapshot of life in India in the 1950’s, the focus on the lives of the Mehra, Kapoor, Chatterji families – a true feast of delectable prose, realtionship insights and characterisation.
- Location(s): Europe, Florence
- Genre(s): Romance, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
On her thirtieth birthday, Gwendolyn Reese receives an unexpected present from her widowed Aunt Bea: a grand tour of Europe in the company of Bea’s Sudoku and Mahjongg Club. The prospect isn’t entirely appealing. But when the gift she...
- Location(s): Canada, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2010s
One day, about a year after the Japanese tsunami, frustrated author Ruth finds a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the beach near her island home off Canada’s west coast. Subsequent inspection reveals that it contains a diary written...
- Location(s): London, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1770s/80s
- Location(s): Belgium
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
Belgium has had its share of defining moments: the treaty of Vienna after Napoleon, two world wars and, rounding out the 20th century, contaminated Coke come to mind. In A Tall Man in a Low Land the curmudgeonly comic...
- Location(s): Glasgow
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
DI Ray McBain is back at work and on filing duty. Desperate for something to do, a pair of old files intrigue him. In the first a woman pushes her way into a vulnerable family. The children adore her....
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s onwards
Growing up in a small fishing village in 1980s Iran, 11-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister Mahtab are fascinated by America. They keep lists of English vocabulary words and collect contraband copies of Life magazine and Bob Dylan...
A Thatched Roof (2 Allways Trilogy)
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
While the ostensible topics are houses and people, it is Nichols’ love of gardening, and the villagers who either encourage him or thwart him in its pursuit, that remains the lively theme through all the books. — Valerie Easton...
- Location(s): Iowa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Larry Cook’s farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic....
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
There’s no doubt that she’s ardent, intense: sometimes fiery. Marlena De Blasi is a passionate woman. Make that passionate with a capital P. A chef, she has a passion for food. Married to Fernando, a Venetian with “blueberry eyes,...
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