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Treacle Walker – Alan Garner

Published By: 4th EstatePages: 160Released On: 04/08/2022 ‘Ragbone! Ragbone! Any rags! Pots for rags! Donkey stone!’ Joe looked up from his comic and lifted his eye patch. There was a white pony in the yard. It was harnessed to a cart, a flat cart, with a wooden chest on it. A man was sitting atContinue reading “Treacle Walker – Alan Garner”

The Second Stranger – Martin Griffin

Published By: Little BrownPages: 304Released On: 19/01/2023 Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she leaves for good. Then Storm Ezra hits.As temperatures plummet and phone lines go down, an injured man stumbles inside. PC Don Gaines was in a terrible accident on the mountain road.Continue reading “The Second Stranger – Martin Griffin”

We All Want Impossible Things – Catherine Newman

Published By: Random HousePages: 224Released On: 12/01/2023 Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They’ve shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan’s Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, “Edi’s memory is like the back-upContinue reading “We All Want Impossible Things – Catherine Newman”

Are You Really OK? – Roman Kemp

Published By: Mirror BooksPages: 300Released On: 27/10/2022 Capital DJ Roman Kemp has achieved much success but he hasn’t had an easy ride. He’s battled depression since the age of 15, once contemplated suicide, and has bravely fought to smash the stigma surrounding medication and mental health. The lifelong Arsenal supporter grafted his way to Capital’sContinue reading “Are You Really OK? – Roman Kemp”

Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan

Published By: Faber and FaberPages: 128Released On: 03/11/2022 It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him – and encounters the complicit silences ofContinue reading “Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan”

Promise Me – Jill Mansell

Published By: HeadlinePages: 400Released On: 19/01/2023 One minute Lou is happily employed, with a perfect flat. The next, her home and job have gone. Suddenly she has to start over. The last thing Lou wants is to move to a tiny Cotswolds village. She certainly doesn’t intend to work for curmudgeonly eighty-year-old Edgar Allsopp. ButContinue reading “Promise Me – Jill Mansell”

Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver

Published By: FaberPages: 560Released On: 18/10/2022 Demon’s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ‘like a little blue prizefighter.’ For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal andContinue reading “Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver”

Playing Under The Piano – Hugh Bonneville

Published By: AbacusPages: 384Released On: 13/10/2022 Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain’s most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture ofContinue reading “Playing Under The Piano – Hugh Bonneville”

What We Remember – Sarah Echavarre

Published By: Lake UnionPages: 303Released On: 10/01/2023 It’s been two years and two months since trauma shattered hospital chaplain Isabel Myles’s world. Since that day, she has stopped answering calls. She’s shut out her family, friends, and coworkers. Even her faith seems to have faded. Except for her connection with her younger sister, Chantel, IsabelContinue reading “What We Remember – Sarah Echavarre”

The Golden Oldies’ Book Club – Judy Leigh

Published By: BoldwoodPages: 347Released On: 06/12/2022 Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again. Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if theirContinue reading “The Golden Oldies’ Book Club – Judy Leigh”