Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 400Date Released: 02/09/2021 At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. The fashionContinue reading “The Dressmakers of Auschwitz – Lucy Adlington”
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The Spirit Engineer – A.J West
Published by: DuckworthPages: 304Date published: 07/10/2021Date read: 16/08/2021 Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism in the form of seances that attempt to contact the spirits of loved ones lost at sea. William is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night withContinue reading “The Spirit Engineer – A.J West”
The Girl in the Striped Dress – Ellie Midwood
Pages: 364Date Published: 09/08/2021Date Read: 23/07/2021 Germany, 1947. A strange case scheduled for the Denazification Court lands on the desk of an American psychiatrist currently serving in Germany, Dr. Hoffman. A former Auschwitz guard, Franz Dahler, is set to appear in court, and he has requested to bring the most unexpected witness to testify inContinue reading “The Girl in the Striped Dress – Ellie Midwood”
Three Sisters – Heather Morris
Published: Bonnier ZaffrePages: 400Date published: 14/10/2021Date read: 14/07/2021 When they are girls, Cibi, Magda and Livia make a promise to their father – that they will stay together, no matter what. Years later, at just 15 years old, Livia is ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, only 19 herself, remembers their promise and followsContinue reading “Three Sisters – Heather Morris”
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Published by: Tinder PressPages: 372Date released: 31/03/2020Date read: 11/05/2020 Warwickshire in the 1580’s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settled with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies inContinue reading “Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell”
The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner
Published by: Legend PressPages: 264Date released: 02/03/2021Date read: 17/03/2021 Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’sContinue reading “The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner”
The Shape of Darkness – Laura Purcell
Published by: Raven BooksPages: 416Date released: 21/01/2021Date read: 25/01/2021 As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but thenContinue reading “The Shape of Darkness – Laura Purcell”
NICK – Michael Farris Smith
Published by: No Exit PressPages: 304Date released: 25/02/2021Date read: 28/02/2021 Before Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby’s periphery, he was at the centre of a very different story – one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I. Floundering in the wake of the destruction heContinue reading “NICK – Michael Farris Smith”
The Smallest Man – Frances Quinn
Published by: Simon & SchusterPages: 384Date released: 07/01/2021Date read: 02/02/2021 I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won’t go far wrong in life.”My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a timeContinue reading “The Smallest Man – Frances Quinn”
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