Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Biography, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1960s onwards
For decades, the Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealth, power, and―above all else―integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the Kennedy men’s legacy of physical and psychological abuse of women, part of a tradition of...
At Home in the Pays d’Oc: The story of two accidental expatriates
- Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Current
This is the story of how a small brown and white spaniel turned the lives of two English holidaymakers upside down. Patricia and her husband Patrick are spending the summer in their holiday home in the Languedoc village of...
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th Century
Flann O’Brien’s innovative metafictional work, whose unruly characters strike out their own paths in life to the frustration of their author, At Swim-Two-Birds is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense published in Penguin Modern Classics. Flann O’Brien’s first...
- Location(s): Büyükada
- Era(s): 2017 looking back
Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade. Buyukada, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather...
- Location(s): Deptford
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Sam falls in love with Deptford thug Derek, and Anne’s best friend Kathleen takes her own life, they discover they are linked not just by a world of drugs and revenge; they also share the friendship of the...
Atticus Arnott’s Great Adventure
- Location(s): Northern Spain
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): current
Escape to sunny Spain in this heartwarming romcom full of romance, self-discovery and the magic of saying yes to adventure. “A gorgeous story, for all ages, full of heart and hope – sure to inspire a wave of readers...
Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various
From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn’t called “the city that never sleeps” for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries,...
- Location(s): Barcelona, Catalonia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
It is 1963, and in her mansion in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Joana idles her days away, banished by her powerful husband and alienated from her family. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, her daughter Carla is impoverished and in trouble.Hating...
- Location(s): Bath
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
One night, one rash act, one crime changed James Daunton’s life for ever. Robbed of everything he once had, and trapped in a merciless vendetta, James must now take on Nathaniel Caine and his gang to survive. Alone, he...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been overtaken by a demanding teaching job. Her boisterous Muslim family, and numerous (interfering) aunties, are professional naggers. And her flighty young cousin, about to...
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