| Author: | Rhidian Brook |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
'A wonderful entertainment' The Times 'Larger-than-life fun' Daily Mail 'I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.' Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfl... read more
| Author: | Whitney Scharer |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Reading Level: | 9 YA |
'Whitney Scharer's storytelling is utterly immersive and gorgeous in its details . . . This is a powerful, sensual and gripping portrait of the forging of an artist's soul.' Madeleine Miller, author of Circe 'I'd rather take a photograph than be one,' says Lee Miller, sho... read more
| Author: | Julie Cohen |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
A moving and thought-provoking novel from literary rising star Julie Cohen, about one life, lived twice. How different can it be?
'Elegant, thoughtful and powerful' Daisy Buchanan
'Hugely original and heartbreakingly real' Rosie Walsh
*****
ONE LIFE... read more
| Author: | Anne Griffin |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime.
'I'm here to remember - all that I have been and all that I will never be again.'
At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He's alone, as usual - though tonight is anything ... read more
| Author: | Olly Richards |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Series: | Foreign Language Graded Reader Ser. |
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Spani... read more
| Author: | Olly Richards |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Series: | Foreign Language Graded Reader Ser. |
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Itali... read more
| Author: | Èric Vuillard |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt Éric Vuillard's gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took between the European powers in the run up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly moving account of fa... read more
| Author: | Rupert Thomson |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
'A novel of tremendous beauty . . . A wonderful achievement' Sarah Waters
'A beautiful and extraordinary book' Philip Pullman
When Suzanne, a shy 17-year-old, meets the brilliant but troubled Lucie in rural Provence at the turn of the twentieth century,... read more
| Author: | Kevin Powers |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
'Achingly relevant' - Grazia
'Gorgeous and devastating' New York Times
'An American Civil War epic [which] confirms Powers as a significant talent' - Andrew Motion, Observer
'Contains moments that burn' Daily Mail A stunning novel about violence,... read more
| Author: | Laura Sims |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
A dazzling, razor-sharp debut novel about a woman whose obsession with the beautiful actress on her block drives her to the edge. I've never crossed their little fenced-in garden, of course. I stand on the sidewalk in front of the fern-and-ivy-filled planter that hangs from the fe... read more
| Author: | Ruth Hogan |
| Category: |
Fiction Contemporary |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
We're all waiting to be found...
'The first book I read in 2017 - and if another as good comes along in the next 12 months, I'll eat my special gold reviewing spectacles' DAILY MAIL
Meet the 'Keeper... read more
