- Location(s): New Hampshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Best-selling author Anita Shreve has chosen as her latest protagonist a 12-year-old girl, whose life has not just been touched by tragedy, but blown apart by it. Nicky and her father have moved to a remote house on the...
- Location(s): Westphalia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Everyone who knows her loves Lillian Veldeen Marshall. She is the small town matriarch of Westphalia, Michigan. Wife of over thirty years, mother of three, grandma and winner of pie contests, her titles go on and on. Lillian’s love...
- Location(s): Las Vegas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Novella, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
The second instalment in this hilarious, romantic and unputdownable five-part series. Perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk’s I Heart… novels. Lily is an actress. At least, that’s what she tells people, even though she’s currently working in a call centre and...
- Location(s): Hove, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The central character Paul is a man on the edge: alcoholic and seller of worthless ads in uncirculated magazines. He commutes from his suburban life in Hove on the south coast into London, to his pedestrian world of work,...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
Yes,this one man’s trip around the M25 – a walk in several stages, from Waltham Abbey to Shenley, Abbots Langley to Staines, Staines to Epsom and Epsom to Westerham before going on to Dartford, the river and Carfax and...
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
The time is 1967, just prior to the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, and the setting is Cairo. The characters are an ill-assorted bunch of British ex-pats whose complicated and extended relationships bring comic relief to a...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
It would take something huge to put Paterson, New Jersey on the map. But Nina Gill is determined to do just that. She is the daughter of the ageing owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the well-kept secret to...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Flynns are not alright. It’s been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage, and none of the Flynns can remember the last time a meal was cooked, a load of laundry done, or a social code...
- Location(s): Leipzig
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 21st Century
Five women attempt the impossible – to love, to be strong, and to stay true to themselves. Bookseller Paula has lost a child, and a husband. Where will she find her happiness? Fiercely independent Judith thinks more of horses...
Love Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals
- Location(s): Balkans
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s to modern
It’s 1994 and the former Yugoslavia is being torn apart. In England, a gang of good-hearted young people are about to set off in a Ford Transit van armed with several sacks of rice and a half-written play. A...
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