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Sandwich – Catherine Newman

Published By: DoubledayPages: 256Released On: 06/06/2024 “Oh, honey,” I say. “I’m sorry. Don’t worry about me! I’m totally good. I’m so, so happy to be here with you.”This is how it is to love somebody. You tell them the truth. You lie a little. And sometimes you don’t say anything at all…” For the pastContinue reading “Sandwich – Catherine Newman”

Earth – John Boyne

Published By: DoubledayPages: 176Released On: 18/04/2024 It’s the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his islandContinue reading “Earth – John Boyne”

Water – John Boyne

Published By: DoubledayPages: 176Released On: 02/11/2023 The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandalsContinue reading “Water – John Boyne”

Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus

Published By: DoubledayPages: 400Released On: 05/04/2022 Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: CalvinContinue reading “Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus”

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot – Marianne Cronin

Published by: DoubledayPages: 400Date released: 18/02/2021Date read: 03/03/2021 Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it’s not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor’s orders, she joins an art class whereContinue reading “The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot – Marianne Cronin”