Blogs in December 2024

Before the Queen Falls Asleep 30th December 2024

Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy’s clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father. Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells...

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Black Woods, Blue Sky 26th December 2024

Birdie’s keeping it together, of course she is. So she’s a little hungover on her shifts, and has to bring her daughter to the lodge while she waits tables, but Emaleen never goes hungry. It’s a tough town to...

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Sister Europe 26th December 2024

One wild, exhilarating night in Berlin: a brilliant new novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of our time Sister Europe tells the story of one wild night in Berlin, as a ragtag group meet at the Hotel...

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The Last Toll Collector 24th December 2024

Valerie Tobruk’s job as a toll collector on the Golden Gate Bridge was made redundant when toll collection was automated in 2013. Since then, she’s failed to find a job which AI can’t do better than her. She feels...

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The Archers Unseen: A secret history of Ambridge 24th December 2024

Blossom Hill Cottage – a secluded place with a dark past. It’s where Peggy discovered her husband Jack was an alcoholic, and it’s also where Helen stabbed her husband Rob, desperate in the face of his manipulation and control....

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