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Victoria Park

Victoria Park
  • Author(s): Gemma Reeves
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Mona and Wolfie have lived on Victoria Park for over fifty years. Now, on the eve of their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary, they must decide how to navigate Mona’s declining health. Bookended by the touching exploration of their love, Victoria...

Victory Colony, 1950

Victory Colony, 1950
  • Author(s): Bhaswati Ghosh
  • Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1950

A novel set in Calcutta, shortly after the Partition of India. Along with other refugees from what is now Pakistan, a young woman makes her way to the teeming city of Calcutta and tries to adjust to a new...

Waiting For Aegina

Waiting For Aegina
  • Author(s): Effie Kammenou
  • Location(s): Greece, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 21st Century

Book Two in The Gift Saga: The continuation of Evanthia’s Gift… In 1961, five little girls moved into a suburban neighborhood and became inseparable, lifelong friends. They called themselves the ‘Honey Hill Girls,’ named after the street on which...

Wally The Warm-Weather Penguin

Wally The Warm-Weather Penguin
  • Author(s): Stephanie M Ward
  • Location(s): The Galápagos Islands (Galapagos)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Modern

Wally is an Emperor Penguin from Antarctica who isn’t exactly like the other penguins. Wally is always cold and dreams of life on a tropical island. When Wally learns about the Galapagos Islands, he sets sail in search of...

Water Drumming in the Soul: A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa

Water Drumming in the Soul: A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa
  • Author(s): Eric Madeen
  • Location(s): Africa
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Present

From the moment Peace Corps volunteer David Fields sees Assam Mabino water drumming, playing the stream as a drum, in the early stretches of the novel there’s a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates in this literary...

We Are All Birds of Uganda

We Are All Birds of Uganda
  • Author(s): Hafsa Zayyan
  • Location(s): Uganda, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/Contemporary

‘You can’t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will…’ 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way...

We Shall Not Shatter

We Shall Not Shatter
  • Author(s): Elaine Stock
  • Location(s): Brzeziny, Poland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII

An unforgettable story of friendship, family and hope as two courageous young women face one of history’s most horrific tragedies. Brzeziny, Poland, 1939 Zofia’s comfortable lifestyle overturns when her husband, Jabez, who monitors Nazi activity, has gone missing. Rather...

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
  • Author(s): Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seoul
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There was only one thing on her mind. ‘I must start a bookshop.’ Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju...

What Only We Know

What Only We Know
  • Author(s): Catherine Hokin
  • Location(s): Berlin, Aldershot
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Present Day &World War II

A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter’s hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer’s hand was at Liese’s throat before she saw...

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

What You Are Looking for is in the Library
  • Author(s): Michiko Aoyama, Alison Watts (translator)
  • Location(s): Tokyo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sayuri Komachi is no ordinary librarian. Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it. In this uplifting book, we meet five of Sayuri’s customers, each at a...

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