Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books … More
Category: Fiction
Book Review: The 3a.m. Shattered Mums’ Club by Nina Manning
For her social media fans, influencer Sophy has the picture-perfect life. But why does she feel so lonely all the … More
The Girl I Used To Be by Debbie Howells
Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other’s lives since they were just teenagers. Now 20 … More
Book Review: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the … More
Book Review: Kerry Tucker Learns to Live by Louise Voss
Kerry is perfectly happy with her life. She gets up at the same time every day to deliver post to … More
Book Review: We Are All Constellations by Amy Beashel
Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She’s fearless, she’s strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum. But Iris’s … More
Book Review: After Dad by Claire Shiells
Millie Malone, a spirited, thirty-something journalist returns home to Northern Ireland after a life-changing decision leaves her London life in … More
Book Review: Lessons by Ian McEwan
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old … More
Book Review: The Rise by Shari Low and Ross King
Only a few years before, they had been three friends from Glasgow, just trying to survive tough lives of danger … More
Book Review: Zarrin by David J. Briggs
In the days before the outbreak of war in Syria, a young Kurdish woman, Zarrin, has brought shame on her … More
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