Showing 13–24 of 38 resultsSorted by latest
From Cairo 1939 on the eve of the war and then thirty years later to 1970s Beirut on the eve of yet another conflict? A young archaeologist spends her life bringing the past to light – now she must dig through the secrets and lies about her own past to uncover the truth about her mother’s life in wartime Cairo.
France, 1562. As the Wars of Religion begin to take hold, a courageous Catholic woman and a passionate Huguenot believer find themselves united in a quest to uncover a long-buried secret . . .
?’A gorgeous, sweeping epic’ ANN NAPOLITANO
‘A master of prose’WASHINGTON POST
‘One of my favourite writers’ ROXANE GAY
‘Spectacular’ JOANNE SEFTON
‘I didn’t want it to end’ SARA SHERIDAN
Too Soon can only be described as the Palestinian American Pachinko as told by Ali Wong-a funny, sexy, heart-wrenching literary debut following three generations of women, perfect for readers of Etaf Rum and Candice Carty-Williams, with early praise from Geraldine Brooks: “A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood.”
Incredibly moving and warm, The Boy from the Sea is a love story: of a family, a town, and a boy whose arrival changes everything. For fans of Kate Atkinson, Claire Keegan and Jon McGregor.
‘The word-of-mouth breakout’STYLIST
‘I enjoyed it enormously’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Mesmerising’ MONICA ALI
‘Glorious’ SARAH WINMAN
‘Funny and profound’ TASH AW
‘Exuberant, comic, perceptive’ AMINA CAIN
A riotously funny and moving debut novel following five women from three generations of a once illustrious Iranian family as their lives are turned upside down
Wiltshire, 1939. In the small village of Alvesdon, the Castell family and their farm have been staples in the community for decades. As the threat of war edges closer to their sanctuary each day, each member of the Castell family finds themselves pushed in ways they could have never imagined. With relationships tested and torn apart, facing both personal tragedy and physical conflict, this novel explores the fortunes of three generations of the Castell family from the onset of the Second World War up until the Battle of Britain in 1940.
A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel, spanning three generations of a Palestinian family through love and loss, war and oppression
Epic and heart-breaking, telling of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land, The Map of Bones is the final novel in Kate Mosse’s number one bestselling series, The Joubert Family Chronicles.
Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices – in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible.
Two young deaf people, Abel and Janice, leave their punitive school and begin their life as a married couple ‘Outside’ – in the unwelcoming world of the hearing. A misunderstanding about the payment plan on a car kickstarts years of debt, hard labour and ostracization; but they find solace and expression in the richness of Sign, in their hard-won independence and in the birth of their daughter Margaret. First published in 1970, only a decade after ASL’s formal recognition as a language, ‘In This Sign’ is a rare, compassionate portrait of the deaf community and a moving family saga that spans the twentieth century. With an introduction by Sara Novic and a new afterword by the author.
As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys – a family of rich landowners – must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven’t anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert – a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan.
No products in the basket.
Notifications