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Some Day I’ll Fly Away

Some Day I’ll Fly Away
  • Author(s): Linda Dutton
  • Location(s): Symi, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 2015

Jane is oh-so-predictable, risk-averse and heavily reliant on her three friends whom she has known from childhood. So why does she decide, in her forties, completely out of the blue, to move thousands of miles away, alone? More importantly,...

Some Places More Than Others

Some Places More Than Others
  • Author(s): Renée Watson
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): early 21st century

From New York Times bestselling and multi award-winning author Renée Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring middle grade novel about finding deep roots and exploring the past, the present, and the places that make us who we are. ‘Some...

Some Prefer Nettles

Some Prefer Nettles
  • Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the arms of others, they contemplate the humiliation of divorce. Misako’s father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and...

Some Sing, Some Cry

Some Sing, Some Cry
  • Author(s): Ntozake Shange, Ifa Bayeza
  • Location(s): Charleston, South Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange and real-life sister, award-winning playwright Ifa Bayeza achieve nothing less than a modern classic in this epic story of the  Mayfield family. Opening dramatically at  Sweet Tamarind, a rice and cotton plantation on an island...

Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir

Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir
  • Author(s): Ashley C Ford
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father. Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother,...

Somebody’s Daughter: A Novel

Somebody’s Daughter: A Novel
  • Author(s): Rochelle Weinstein
  • Location(s): Miami
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes an emotional novel for mothers, daughters, and anyone who has ever felt imperfect. Emma and Bobby Ross enjoy a charmed life on the shores of Miami Beach. They are a...

Someday in Paris

Someday in Paris
  • Author(s): Olivia Lara
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 20th century

This Christmas, it’s time to lose yourself in an unforgettable love story… 1954. Zara is fifteen the first time she meets Leon one wintery night in December. During a power cut in a small French museum, the two spend...

Someday, Maybe

Someday, Maybe
  • Author(s): Onyi Nwabineli
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won’t be able to stop talking about Here are three things you should know about my husband: 1. He was the great love of...

Someone Else’s House

Someone Else’s House
  • Author(s): Jessica Vallance
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

We all want to live like a local. Stay in a ‘home away from home’. But if it’s someone else’s house, then you’re not the only one with the key. Lauren has finally dumped her dead-weight boyfriend, and what...

Someone Else’s Life

Someone Else’s Life
  • Author(s): Lyn Liao Butler
  • Location(s): Kauai, Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A new life in paradise should have healed her wounds. But for a woman struggling to hold on to her family and her sanity, one stormy night could change everything. Blow by blow, Annie Lin’s life crumbles. Her dance...

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