Blogs in March 2023

Sylvia 18th March 2023

Longing to connect to his ancestral roots, Cajetan Pereira has taken up residence near one of the rare and mystical Baobab trees in South India. Into his world walks Sylvia, a young woman in search of a story. They...

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The Funeral Cryer 16th March 2023

An Yu’s Braised Pork meets Flaubert’s Madame Bovary in this unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of one woman’s mid-life re-awakening in contemporary rural China. The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because...

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Sisters under the Rising Sun 16th March 2023

In the midst of WWII, an English mother, Norah, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Malaya, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific, swiftly overrunning the Allied...

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Beach Rivals 13th March 2023

One bookshop in paradise. Two sworn rivals. A whole summer to get through… Clare thought that by now she would have her life figured out. Instead, she’s living with her parents, working a job she hates and has absolutely...

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Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments 12th March 2023

Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment block surrounded by lush gardens in the coastal city of Chennai, India. It is the home of Kamala, a pious, soon-to-be retired dentist who spends her days counting down to the annual...

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