Blurb 1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell lives set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin. But …
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Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee | Review
Blurb 1620s. Lancashire. Away from the village lies a small hamlet, abandoned since the Plague, where only one family dwell amongst its ruins. Young Sarah …
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel | Review
Blurb One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly …
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth | Review
Blurb Behind the spectacle there are always secrets. Unruly crowds descend on Crillick’s Variety Theatre. A black, British actress, Zillah, is headlining tonight. An orphan …
Assembly by Natasha Brown | Analysis | Review
Blurb Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all …
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart | Review
Blurb Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgow’s housing estates. They should be …
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy | Review
Blurb Inti Flynn arrives in the Scottish Highlands with fourteen grey wolves, a traumatised sister and fierce tenacity. As a biologist, she knows the animals …
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Blurb Estha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins, are growing up amidst waves of banana jam, mountains of peppercorns and scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. When …
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Blurb In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness… In 1345, China lies …
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Blurb Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public …
