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Minka And Curdy

Antonia White

Victoria, a real tyrant of a cat, spent so many years training Mrs Bell to be her ideal hostess that, at her death, Mrs Bell feels it would be disrespectful to replace that formidable creature. But her resolve wears down and she agrees to take a marmalade kitten. No...

One Fine Day

Mollie Panter-Downes

'As profound as Katherine Mansfield, restrained as Jane Austen, sharp as Dorothy Parker' IndependentINTRODUCED BY NICOLA BEAUMAN The lark rose in the brilliant air, higher, higher on its spun-glass spiral of song, knowing nothing of peace or war, accepting joyously the...

County Chronicle

Angela Thirkell

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York TimesThe county of Barsetshire is aflutter with preparations. With the wedding of Lucy Marling and Sam Adams fast approaching, and Lucy's brother Oliver...

Jutland Cottage

Angela Thirkell

'Charming, very funny indeed' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH Change is in the air in Barsetshire. The country may have a new queen, but Greshambury has a new rector, Canon Fewling, and a returned prodigal daughter: the beautiful, frivolous Rose Fairweather. But for lonely...

Edith's Story

Edith Velmans

'I never realised that there could be such suffering in the world, and that anyone could live through it' - from Edith's diary, 1st July 1945In 1940, while the Germans occupied Holland, fourteen-year-old Edith van Hessen was filling her diary with the intimate, carefree...

Kingmaker

Sonia Purnell

Mama Day

Gloria Naylor

With a new introduction by Robert Jones, Jr, author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Prophets'Gloria Naylor is a brilliant word-worker and a breathtaking story-teller. Mama Day is her masterpiece' Tayari Jones'A sweeping, ambitious, gorgeous novel - takes...

I WILL LIVE

Kristen Gehrman , Lale Gül

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FORTHE OXFORD-WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE 2025'Sex-rich ... its bravery and sensuality are undeniable' TelegraphBüsra is living a double life. At home with her parents, life is an endless argument - about what time she comes home,...

The Unicorn Woman

Gayl Jones

'A literary giant' TAYARI JONESA richly imaginative and moving new novel from the Pulitzer finalist and acclaimed author of CorregidoraA cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he's...

The Afghans

Seán Kinsella , Åsne Seierstad

'As an exploration of the social fabric of Afghan life, this book takes some beating' Daily Telegraph'A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan ... [Seierstad] manages to achieve a rare intimacy' New York Times'Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest,...

Lost on Me

Leah Janeczko , Veronica Raimo

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny'I adored it' Naoise Dolan'Hilarious' Roddy Doyle'Thrillingly...

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever. In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen...

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ·A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK · SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FUTURES PRIZE · AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has...

The Transit Of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

'A wonderfully mysterious book . . . unforgettably rich' ANNE TYLER Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice, she is to find that...

What Are You Going Through

Sigrid Nunez

Jack

Marilynne Robinson

'[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama'Marilynne Robinson is one of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times 'Jack is the fourth in Robinson's luminous, profound Gilead series and perhaps the best yet' Observer Marilynne...

Between the Stops

Sandi Toksvig

'Part confession, part call to arms and wholly entertaining' OBSERVER'Her writing style is as kooky and digestible as Bill Bryson's . . . A fun-filled, fact-packed, memorable ride' SUNDAY TIMES 'Full of wit and wisdom' RADIO TIMESBetween the Stops is a sort of a...

A Woman of No Importance

Sonia Purnell

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. 'A rousing tale of derring-do' THE TIMES * 'Riveting'...

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog - NOWA MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS AND BILL MURRAYONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 100 BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK...

A Woman In Berlin

Anonymous Author

This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to...