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A Girl Returned

A Girl Returned
  • Author(s): Donatella Di Pietrantonio
  • 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...

A Harvest of Thorns

A Harvest of Thorns
  • Author(s): Corban Addison
  • 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...

A House called Askival

A House called Askival
  • Author(s): Merryn Glover
  • 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...

A House Without Windows

A House Without Windows
  • Author(s): Nadia Hashimi
  • 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...

A Little Bit One O’clock

A Little Bit One O’clock
  • Author(s): William Ingram
  • 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...

A Little Hope

A Little Hope
  • Author(s): Ethan Joella
  • 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...

A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home
  • Author(s): Saroo Brierley
  • 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...

A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove
  • Author(s): Fredrik Backman
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots – neighbours who can’t reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of...

A Modern Family

A Modern Family
  • Author(s): Helga Flatland
  • Location(s): Oslo, Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2016 - 2018

The Norwegian Anne Tyler makes her English debut in a beautiful, bittersweet novel of regret, relationships and rare psychological insights… ‘There is a hint of Ingmar Bergman in this portrayal of a completely normal family, it delves deep and...

A Perfect Stranger

A Perfect Stranger
  • Author(s): Shalini Boland
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two marriages. Three little lies. Someone’s going to die… I hold my breath as my handsome husband walks through the door. I’ve planned the perfect surprise birthday party for him. Our friends are gathered and the champagne is flowing....

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