Published By: CanongatePages: 336Released On: 02/10/2025 It’s the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols,Continue reading “I Shop, Therefore I Am – Mary Portas”
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Art Work – Sally Mann
Published By: Particular BooksPages: 288Released On: 09/09/2025 Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons for artists and writers—or anyone interested in the creative path. Written in the same frank, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestsellingContinue reading “Art Work – Sally Mann”
Little Ruins – Manni Coe
Published By: CanongatePages: 352Released On: 28/08/2025 Looking to begin a new chapter after years on the move, Manni Coe and his partner take a risk and buy ‘The Corner’, a crumbling but beautiful 150-year-old farmstead tucked into a remote valley in Andalusia, surrounded by olive trees. It’s perfect for their unconventional family of three: Jack,Continue reading “Little Ruins – Manni Coe”
Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic
Published By: CoronetPages: 224Released On: 06/03/2025 Nobody talks about the nuances of life as a fat woman. To navigate friendship, careers, sex and chairs with handles in a body bigger than those around you. Growing up fat, working class and happy in the depths of South Wales, Gina Tonic was raised in one of theContinue reading “Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic”
Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor
Published By: UnboundPages: 288Released On: 20/02/2025 Depressed and suicidal, Helen was admitted to a psychiatric ward and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. At her lowest, she almost succeeded in taking her own life. But somehow, she endured and later, she recovered. love lay down beside me and we wept sprang from these emotionally shattering experiences. AmidContinue reading “Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor”
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham
Published By: Dundurn PressPages: 232Released On: 03/12/2024 With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism. In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, aContinue reading “I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham”
The Bookshop Woman – Nanako Hanada
Published By: BrazenPages: 224Released On: 06/06/2024Translated By: Cat Anderson Nanako Hanada’s life has not just flatlined, it’s hit rock bottom… Recently separated from her husband, she is living between 4-hour capsule hostels, pokey internet cafes and bookshop floors. Her work is going no better – sales at the eccentric Village Vanguard bookstore in Tokyo, whichContinue reading “The Bookshop Woman – Nanako Hanada”
The Chain – Chimene Suleyman
Published By: W&NPages: 240Released On: 28/03/2024 In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of herContinue reading “The Chain – Chimene Suleyman”
The Long and Winding Road – Lesley Pearse
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 384Released On: 29/02/2024 Born during the Second World War, Lesley’s innocence came to an abrupt end when a neighbour found her, aged 3, coatless in the snow. The mother she’d been unable to wake had been dead for days. Sent to an orphanage, Lesley soon learned adults couldn’t always be trusted.Continue reading “The Long and Winding Road – Lesley Pearse”
The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan
Published By: Seven DialsPages: 299Released On: 22/02/2024 Great Yarmouth, September 1900: A young woman is found dead on the beach, a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Despite her death attracting national attention in the press, nobody claims her. Detective Inspector Robert Lingwood of the Great Yarmouth police force declares he will not rest until theContinue reading “The Mysterious Mrs Hood – Kim Donovan”
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