- Location(s): Iceland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1680s
1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new husband in the remote village of Stykkishólmur. Here,...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 16th century
Daniela the glassmaker’s daughter is grumpy and never smiles. Her father promises a beautiful glass palace to anyone who can make her laugh. People come from far and wide to try their luck in amusing Daniela. But mask makers,...
- Location(s): Cork City
- Era(s): Contemporary
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS’ WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 We all do stupid things when we’re kids. Ryan Cusack’s grown up faster than most – being the oldest of six with a...
- Location(s): Utah
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1800s
“…marvelous… a rich, powerful, and wholly immersive tale…” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 1888 Utah Territory Deborah doesn’t expect a knock on her door in the middle of a harsh winter evening. During good weather, sometimes Mormon men fleeing the...
- Location(s): West Yorkshire, Pennsylvania
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1666 and 2014
1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying father, Joy grows up witness to the persecution of the farming community for following a banned faith....
- Location(s): Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1943 and contemporary
Heartbreaking and heartwarming, this tale of three generations of women tells of bravery, secrets, lies, family conflict and discovery: the consequences of one courageous woman’s decision to join the Special Operations Executive in World War Two. In 1943, when...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1790s
The 18th century is drawing to a close, and unrest grips France. Tarare has been born into a life of slender means, but when a sudden act of violence ignites in him a ferocious appetite, his extraordinary abilities to...
- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1900
An invitation for young Leo to join a school friend at Brandham Hall – a world of privilege far removed from his own – for the scorchingly hot summer of 1900 appears innocuous, but Leo soon finds himself drawn...
The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds
- Location(s): Birmingham
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1980s and 1990s
A coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window into a closed migrant community living in a red-light district on the wrong side of the tracks. The adult world is seen through...
- Location(s): Dundee/St Andrews
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1917, WW1
James is sent away to live with his mill-town relatives in this nostalgic, coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of Dundee during WW1. Some summers were made for growing up…Dundee, 1917. When his father goes to fight in the...
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