Blogs in August 2018

French Exit 1st August 2018

Frances Price – tart widow, possessive mother and Upper East Side force of nature – is in dire straits, beset by scandal. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then...

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Somewhere Still 1st August 2018

Escape to the Roaring Twenties when the rules were clear & made to be broken, and a young women embarks on a journey of love, betrayal, and redemption. “In her debut novel, Ward paints a vivid portrait of Kansas...

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Lost Empress 1st August 2018

It would take something huge to put Paterson, New Jersey on the map. But Nina Gill is determined to do just that. She is the daughter of the ageing owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the well-kept secret to...

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Oreo 28th July 2018

Oreo has been raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note. Oreo’s quest is to find...

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The Long Take 25th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable – and unclassifiable – books of recent years. Walker is a D-Day...

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