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We Were the Lucky Ones

We Were the Lucky Ones
  • Author(s): Georgia Hunter
  • Location(s): Poland, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s onwards

Inspired by one family’s extraordinary wartime story, for anyone enthralled by The Tattooist of Auschwitz `EXTRAORDINARILY MOVING’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 1939. Three generations of the Kurc family strive to live normal lives despite the growing hardships they face as Jews....

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
  • Author(s): Philip Gourevitch
  • Location(s): Rwanda
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1995

All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us – and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in...

We Would Have Told Each Other Everything

We Would Have Told Each Other Everything
  • Author(s): Judith Hermann, Katy Derbyshire (Translator)
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a series of three interconnected stories, Judith Hermann weaves together themes of psychology and friendship, unconventional childhoods, summers on the North German seashore and the act of writing itself. This is a literary narrative reflecting on when life...

We Would Never Tell

We Would Never Tell
  • Author(s): Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
  • Location(s): Cannes
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gowns. Champagne. Murder. Hollywood, but make it French, for twelve days straight, as the red carpet rolls out to the riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. The most famous people are all here to celebrate themselves, while the rest...

We’ll Always Have Parrots

We’ll Always Have Parrots
  • Author(s): Donna Andrews
  • Location(s): Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend’s hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an...

We’ll Prescribe You a Cat

We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
  • Author(s): Syou Ishida, E Madison Shimoda (Translator)
  • Location(s): Kyoto
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A cat a day keeps the doctor away … On the top floor of an old building at the end of a cobbled alley in Kyoto lies the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul. Only a select few – those...

We, the Survivors

We, the Survivors
  • Author(s): Tash Aw
  • Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A murderer’s confession – devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable – which reveals a story of class, education and the inescapable workings of destiny. Ah Hock is an ordinary, uneducated man born in a Malaysian fishing village and now trying to...

Weather

Weather
  • Author(s): Jenny Offill
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

‘What are you afraid of, he asks me and the answer of course is dentistry, humiliation, scarcity, then he says what are your most useful skills? People think I’m funny’ Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian...

Weathering the Storm: Book Seven of the Coming Back to Cornwall series

Weathering the Storm: Book Seven of the Coming Back to Cornwall series
  • Author(s): Katharine E Smith
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): present-day

“Once again, Katharine Smith really brings Cornwall to life in this series. The characters are as engaging as ever, and even though this is number six in the series, the story has not tired at all. In fact, I...

Weaving a French Life: An Australian story

Weaving a French Life: An Australian story
  • Author(s): Catherine Berry
  • Location(s): France, Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Current

‘Weaving a French Life: An Australian story’ is a sequel to Catherine’s memoir ‘But you are in France, Madame.’ Seven years have passed since Catherine returned to Australia with her family after their French adventure. Has she been able...

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