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‘Black September’ tells the story of the blossoming of a twelve-year-old boy, Gigio Bellandi, during a summer in Versilia, Tuscany, in 1972: his discovery of music, reading, restlessness, desire, love – and then the unthinkable, lightning-fast interruption of it all. It reconstructs with vivid precision the images, smells, colours, and sounds that animated that lost season, and the irreversible event that overturns it. But this is also a novel about the evocative power of words and the seductive power of language, as it tells the story of an explosion of a pure and surprising talent, also destined to last forever: that of literature and translation.
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Dolphin Westward spent her childhood as the supporting character in the story of her beautiful, wild, volatile mother Marigold. Now 33, she’s painfully aware that not much has changed. She lives in a tiny bedsit, works in a tattoo shop by day and collects her illustrated mum from police stations by night. Dol yearns to climb out of the rut she is stuck in, but has no idea where to begin. Could gardener Lee and his daughter Ava be her chance for a wholesome family life? Or maybe a steamy romance with roguish actor Joel is just what she needs. And what about the offer from her sister Star, now a successful doctor, to move to Scotland and live with her young family? As the choices threaten to overwhelm her, will Dol fall into the role of extra in someone else’s story once again – or find the strength to forge a brand new path of her own?
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Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a man she’s certain is her husband. But what does it mean if the person she’s been convicted of killing isn’t dead after all? As the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?
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Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he’s off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls – and never leave his side. Together they will spend every penny and every minute devouring Glasgow – its botanical gardens, the Barras market, a whole hidden city – all the while loving each other behind closed doors. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent will take them to Paris, Rome, London. They will become stars as the bombs fall, hosting wild parties with the likes of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart. But the brightest stars burn fastest.
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A man heads into the snow to hunt down the bear that has been taking stock from farms in the valley. A father tries to make something go right for the son he no longer lives with. A partner is called to help when a cow’s labour goes horribly wrong. A fierce storm threatens to bring down a tree on powerlines over a family’s home. Fear, vulnerability, tension and resolve course through these arresting and indelible stories from one of the finest British writers at work today.
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The film star M is one of the most recognizable faces of our time. Her image is everywhere. It has been like that since she was a child. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. M may live in the same places as real people. She may meet her friends or collect her children from school or walk her dogs as they do. But it seems the rules of reality have melted away. Now, a writer has decided to pay close attention to M’s life, in the hope of understanding who she really is.
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Aude says…
“Can one encounter really change your life? Is Sophie descending into madness? Is this the fantasy we all dream to live? They say never meet your heroes… But what happens if you do?
All these are the questions that popped into my head while reading Sophie, standing there. I usually avoid novels set in the book world but I really enjoyed this dark but hopeful story and I look forward to going back and discovering more of Meg Mason’s work.”
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A sharp and funny reflection on obsession and loneliness from the award-winning author of Sorrow and Bliss
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I am fourteen years old and I’m called Mackenzie Bly. It’s a good name, isn’t it? Unfortunately, I just made it up, I’m actually called Philip Stephens which, if there was ever a competition for the world’s most boring name, would be a clear winner. ‘We didn’t want to call you something that would mean you’d get teased’ is what Mum B says. But given that I’m the size of a vending machine, hate sport, live with my Mums, one of whom teaches biology at my school, and don’t live with my Dad who plays air guitar, has ginger plaits down to his waist and writes random notes on Rizlas instead of using a diary, they might as well have called me ‘Fattus Butticus’ for all the difference it would have made. Oh, and my best friend Sy has just moved to New Zealand. Life is terrible.
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In 1939, when she was just nineteen years old, Hermine Braunsteiner applied for a job in a new prison which had opened near her home. She had heard that the pay was better than working on the factory line. The prison was called Ravensbrück. A few months later, the Second World War would break like a wave across Europe. By the time it was over, she had become one of the most notoriously cruel and violent guards in the Nazi death camps. The prisoners nicknamed her the Mare – she was known for kicking her victims to death. After the war, Hermine disappeared back into civilian life. A few years later she met a US war veteran who was holidaying in Europe. He had no idea who she was. He fell in love with her, married her and brought her back to America, where she lived for years as a well-liked suburban housewife, until one day a tip-off from a Holocaust survivor sent a New York Times journalist to their door, and the questions started.
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It has been a decade since the ill-fated quiz night at Pirriwee High, where a man died and accusations of murder ran wild. For mothers and best friends Madeline, Celeste and Jane, the fallout still feels fresh. Their children are now moody teenagers, and life remains as demanding as ever. Madeline is busy planning her 50th birthday, unaware she’s about to be upstaged. Jane is content in her marriage to Tom – perhaps too content to notice its cracks. Celeste, still haunted by her husband’s death, fears what her formidable mother-in-law might do next. When the school receives an anonymous package containing a severed finger, amid reports of a suspicious man near students, suspicion spreads quickly. Is it a prank, a threat, or something far darker? As secrets surface, the truth proves as dangerous as ever.
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Discover the spellbinding medieval-inspired fantasy from award-winning Frances Hardinge, perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Laini Taylor, Ava Reid and Erin Morgenstern.
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Once upon a time there was a family. Everything else is a lie. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of Anatomy of a Scandal.
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'The return of a literary titan' TELEGRAPH
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Every September, the spirits of the dead return before vanishing four weeks later in a puff of ash – a phenomenon known as Ghost Month. Four strangers prepare for this year’s haunting, not realising their fates are connected by a dark secret. Schoolteacher Jane rents a husband for the month, in the hope of convincing her deceased mother that she is interested in men. Lil, sleeping rough on the streets, drinks herself into oblivion. She is terrified to see the ghost of the little girl she lost, and terrified that she might never see her again. Nestled within his wealthy bubble, Gideon hires body doubles in a bid to shake off unwanted spectres. Little Eddie lives in his older brother’s shadow, which wouldn’t be so bad if his brother wasn’t dead. As the haunting wears on, and a hidden truth rises to the surface, each of them will end the month changed in ways they never imagined.
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'Such wicked fun. A darkly delicious mystery and sharply observed satire in one wildly entertaining package. Bella Mackie has outdone herself' LUCY FOLEY
'Bella Mackie's books are salacious, gripping and very funny' JOE LYCETT
Meet Diana Leyland. Widowed three times, but let's not blame the woman now…
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The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over 300 years. In Massachusetts, beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle, a signal she has only seven days to live. She has finally discovered the secret to breaking the curse, but is out of time to help. And she is not the only one in danger – the curse is already at work. The new Owens generation is unaware of the family’s witchcraft lineage and of the curse. But one of the young sisters has fallen in love. After declaring their love for each other, her boyfriend falls into a coma, spurring three generations of Owens women and a long-lost brother to venture back to where it all began and use their gifts to break the curse once and for all. Doing so threatens to destroy everything the family has fought so hard to protect. How much will they give up for the greatest gift of all?
