Blogs in February 2020

All the Flowers in Paris 17th February 2020

One mother’s desperate hope for survival. 1943: In occupied Paris, Celine creates bespoke bouquets at her father’s flower shop on rue Cler, whilst trying to shield her young daughter from the brutal reality of war. But when an SS...

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Colour Me In 17th February 2020

FIX ME. DRAW ME WHOLE. COLOUR ME IN. “A dream of a novel”Buzz feed “Dark, vivid and totally original. I loved it.” Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of Being Normal “Remember the name Lydia Ruffles” Stylist The Catcher...

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The Housekeeper and the Professor 17th February 2020

Yoko Ogawa’s The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar...

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Audrey Hepburn’s Neck 17th February 2020

Offering a unique perspective and unusual insight into modern Japan and its wartime past, Audrey Hepburn’s Neck is also a shrewd study of cross-cultural obsessions, and of erotic, romantic and familial love. The American author Alan Brown crosses both...

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The Travelling Cat Chronicles 17th February 2020

Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner Satoru in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen...

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