A Friend is a Gift you Give Yourself
- Location(s): Brooklyn
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Thelma and Louise Meets Goodfellas… After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her eighty-year-old neighbor Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she retreats to the Bronx home of her estranged...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
“I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word ‘mama’ stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of...
- Location(s): Bangladesh, Dhaka, Malaysia (Malaya), Virginia, Washington DC
- Era(s): Modern
A beloved American corporation with an explosive secret. A disgraced former journalist looking for redemption. A corporate executive with nothing left to lose. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a garment factory burns to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of...
- Location(s): Mussoorie
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Partition to modern
James Connor is a man who, burdened with guilt following a tragic event in his youth, has dedicated his life to serving India. Ruth Connor is his estranged daughter who, as a teenager, always knew she came second to...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current
A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): late 18th century
The year is 1798. David Stoddart is a town councillor by day and a felon by night. After dark he wears a thief’s garb and prowls the streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town. But whatever the councillor steals he gambles...
- Location(s): Bali
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
This book has, in its own way, garnered a bit of a cult following. It is an intelligent and light hearted account of one couple living within the bosom of a Balinese family. It really offers little insights into...
- Location(s): Connecticut
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A husband betrays his wife. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie...
- Location(s): Tasmania, India, Melbourne
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 20th/Early 21st Century
As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with...
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