- Location(s): Azerbaijan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
Gunel is a young, truly loving, and devoted Azerbaijani woman. As a result of a drastic transformation of life circumstances, Gunel and her family, her husband, and their two little children need to immigrate to the United States. They...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Murder and mystery set in Rome, The Garden of Evil is the sixth title in the Nic Costa series, David Hewson’s stunning Italian crime novels.
The Garden of Hopes and Dreams
- Location(s): Brisbane
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Can love and friendship blossom on a rooftop? The residents in Brisbane’s Riverview apartment block barely know each other. They have no idea of the loneliness, the lost hopes and dreams, being experienced behind their neighbours’ closed doors. Vera,...
- Location(s): Tehran
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1980s
NOMINATED FOR THE KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2021 In the summer of 1981, Chiara and her family join their father in Tehran. He has been made Italian ambassador to Iran, and their home is a palace with a wild walled...
- Location(s): The Hebrides
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
For love to grow, Flora will have to first dig up the past. At a hen party on the remote Scottish island of Alana, Flora is dared to ask a handsome stranger to be her plus-one for the wedding....
- Location(s): Surrey
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1916
October, 1916. Clara is sent to stay with her formidable aunt and uncle in the grounds of a country estate. Clara soon discovers that her new surroundings hold secrets: a locked room and a hidden key, and a mysterious...
- Location(s): Maremma
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Set in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Rome’s upper middle-class. When...
The Garden of Perfect Brightness
- Location(s): Beijing (Peking)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 18th century Qing/imperial China
China’s most beautiful garden. The man who built it. The woman who had to leave it. 18th century China. Giuseppe Castiglione, a promising and ambitious Italian painter, is recruited by the Jesuits to serve the Emperor of China. Tasked...
The Garden Party and Other Stories
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): late 20th century
Written during the final stages of her illness, “The Garden Party and Other Stories” is full of a sense of urgency and was Katherine Mansfield’s last collection to be published during her lifetime. The fifteen stories featured, many of...
- Location(s): England / Wales border
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Artist, Hassie Days, and her sister, Margot, buy a run down Jacobean house in Hope Wenlock on the Welsh Marches. While Margot continues her London life in high finance, Hassie is left alone to work the large, long-neglected garden....
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