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Ghosts

Ghosts
  • Author(s): Dolly Alderton
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that...

Girls

Girls
  • Author(s): Kirsty Capes
  • Location(s): California, Arizona, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This novel first appeared under the title “Daughters” When Mattie and Nora’s mother, the brilliant, troubled, and world-renowned Norwegian painter Ingrid Olssen, was on her deathbed, there was one promise she asked her daughters to make: Burn it all....

Girls at War (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls at War (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Ann Turnbull
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1941, WW2, Blitz

When Josie goes to stay with her cousin Edith, she’s glad to be starting a new life away from the shame that has haunted her family since her brother chose not to fight in the war. But Edith’s friends...

Girls Behind the Camera (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls Behind the Camera (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Adèle Geras
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1895, Victorian Era

Cecily is enchanted when she meets photographer Rosalind, and soon longs to learn more about this “art of the future” and become a famous photographer herself. Believing Rosalind to be the perfect match for her widowed father, Cecily conspires...

Girls for the Vote (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls for the Vote (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Linda Newbery
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1914, WW1

Polly longs to become an explorer. But in 1914, women’s rights and choices are limited – something twelve-year-old Polly learns when she befriends her new neighbours: two suffragettes, fighting for women’s rights to vote. Polly’s parents are appalled, but...

Girls on the Up (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls on the Up (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Linda Newbery
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1969, 1960s

Andie dreams of becoming an artist. Her best paintings are inspired by the moon, and she’s excited to watch the first moon landing. She loves staying in Chelsea, with its fashion, music and art galleries. There’s even a real...

Girls With a Voice (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls With a Voice (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Ann Turnbull
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1764, 18th century

Mary Ann’s greatest wish is to become an opera singer, and she’s thrilled when the famous child prodigy Mozart comes to perform in Chelsea. But through a sudden twist of fate, Mary Ann is told that she must leave...

Girls with Courage (6 Chelsea Walk)

Girls with Courage (6 Chelsea Walk)
  • Author(s): Adèle Geras
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Victorian Era, 1857

Lizzie loves plants, and her biggest wish is to be a gardener, a bold choice for a Victorian girl. When her strict stepfather sends her to stay with relatives in London, Lizzie misses her country garden and struggles with...

Gloria Don’t Speak

Gloria Don’t Speak
  • Author(s): Lucy Apps
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Gloria has a learning disability. She’s nineteen, and there’s nothing to do except wander the local parks, look for friendship and keep out of trouble – or go round Jack’s. Jack needs Gloria’s company, but he’s unpredictable and angry...

Goodbye Chinatown

Goodbye Chinatown
  • Author(s): Kit Fan
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As her native Hong Kong seethes, torn between two world powers, Amber Fan tries to build a career as a chef in London’s Chinatown. Amber Fan, a young Oxford-educated chef, opens the first Chinese fusion joint in London’s Chinatown...

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