Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author’s mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its...
In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wight is buzzing with literary and artistic creativity. A morose Tennyson is reciting ‘Maud’ to empty sofas: the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is white-washing the roses for visual effect and...
British author Atkinson’s magnificently plotted fourth novel featuring Jackson Brodie (after When Will There Be Good News?) takes the “semi-retired” PI back to his Yorkshire hometown to trace the biological parents of Hope McMasters, a woman adopted by a...
An entertaining meander through the life of 30 something Bridget, every aspect is explored and laid bare. Comical, wry and very entertaing, this became a cultural icon in its own right.
Perhaps a “guy” novel, it tells of life through the wounded eyes of Rob and his ending relationship with Laura: she is a solicitor, he “only” runs a record store. The first pages are worth the read alone, beautifully...
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