- Location(s): San Diego
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A legendary hotel on the Pacific becomes a haven where dreams, love, and a beguiling mystery come alive. 1958. Kate Morgan, tethered to her family’s failing San Francisco restaurant, is looking for an escape. She gets her chance by...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Coming of Age
- Era(s): 1930s
It’s the height of summer in 1930s Italy and sixteen-year-old Ginia is desperate for adventure. So begins a fateful friendship with Amelia, a stylish and sophisticated artist’s model who envelops her in a dazzling new world of bohemian artists...
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- Location(s): Ethiopia, Washington DC
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow...
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
- Location(s): Ghana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward corruption in both his family and his country. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is the novel that catapulted Ayi Kwei...
- Location(s): Bolivia, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2000s
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking – a tragicomic tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart… ‘It’s a thing of beauty, a novel that will fill your...
The Beekeeper of Sinjar: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
- Location(s): Iraq
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2014 onwards
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people,...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Era(s): WW2 and modern
Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s...
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Dual Timeline
An old house can hold many secrets. Hollowpark in the west of Ireland certainly does. At the heart of the gardens is an intricate maze, named after a deadly poison, Belladonna. If you know the way through, it’s magical,...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo, later known as Tokyo, relied on its public bells to tell the...
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