Blogs in April 2020

Cinnamon Gardens 14th April 2020

Lush and beautiful, Cinnamon Gardens is a story of intertwined lives in the gracious world of Ceylon in the 1920s In a novel of exceptional achievement, Shyam Selvadurai evokes the life of the upper classes of Colombo’s wealthy suburb,...

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An Almost Perfect Holiday 14th April 2020

An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope, by the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond. The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna’s cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are...

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Mum and Dad 14th April 2020

“What a mess, she thought now . . . what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.” It’s been 25 years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building...

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The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories 14th April 2020

A glorious literary debut set in Africa about five unforgettable women–two of them haunted by a shared tragedy–whose lives intersect in unexpected and sometimes explosive ways When Adjoa leaves Ghana to find work in the Ivory Coast, she hopes...

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Beyond The Horizon 14th April 2020

A first novel by a Ghanaian woman who spent some time in Germany. It provides an account of the exploitation of women in Africa and Europe, and tells of an immigrant who, having travelled to Germany to find a...

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