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Such a Fun Age

Such a Fun Age
  • Author(s): Kiley Reid
  • Location(s): Philadelphia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right....

Such a Long Journey

Such a Long Journey
  • Author(s): Rohinton Mistry
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Such a Nice Girl

Such a Nice Girl
  • Author(s): Andrea Mara
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘The thing is, we always believe the best of our own kids. What mother thinks her own daughter will do something terrible? But every bad deed is carried out by a person who was once someone’s child.’ The morning...

Such a Quiet Place

Such a Quiet Place
  • Author(s): Megan Miranda
  • Location(s): Virginia
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

We had no warning that she would come back… Welcome to Hollow’s Edge – a picture-perfect neighbourhood where everyone has each other’s backs. At least, that’s how it used to be, until the night Brandon and Fiona Truett were...

Such Big Dreams

Such Big Dreams
  • Author(s): Reema Patel
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): current

Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led to the loss of her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn’t belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a...

Such Perfect Lives

Such Perfect Lives
  • Author(s): A J Carter
  • Location(s): Palm Beach
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The perfect town. The perfect lie. Josh and Ellie have spent their lives dreaming of a better life. So when they’re hired to renovate the sprawling estate of a founding Palm Beach family, it feels like they’ve finally made...

Sudden Traveller

Sudden Traveller
  • Author(s): Sarah Hall
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Turkish forests or rain-drenched Cumbrian villages, characters walk, drive, dream and fly, trying to reconcile themselves with their journey through life and death. Radical, charged with a transformative, elemental power, each of these stories invites us to stand...

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
  • Author(s): Etgar Keret
  • Location(s): Israel
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret’s new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the...

Suffer the Children

Suffer the Children
  • Author(s): Cheryl Rees-Price
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Present day

A gripping DI Winter Meadows mystery set in the heart of Wales When Natalie Benyon’s eighteen-month-old daughter Ella disappears from a housing estate, the police and local community act quickly to organise a search. Given the age of the...

Sugar

Sugar
  • Author(s): Bernice McFadden
  • Location(s): Bigelow
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1950s

Young and confident, with a swagger in her step, Sugar arrives in the southern town of Bigelow hoping to start over. Soon Bigelow is alight with gossip and suspicion, and Sugar fears her past is catching up with her....

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