Tag: bestseller
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The Names
by Florence Knapp THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIt is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends for her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the baby after him. But when faced with the decision,…
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Someone We Know
by Shari Lapena It can be hard keeping secrets in a tight-knit neighbourhood. In a tranquil, leafy suburb of ordinary streets – one where everyone is polite and friendly – an anonymous note has been left at some of the houses. ‘I’m so sorry. My son has been getting into people’s houses. He’s broken into…
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When The Cranes Fly South
by Lisa Ridzen WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son. Fortunately, he still has his rich memories, phone calls with his…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium…
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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney Intermezzo – a chess move, a composition of music, and now, Sally Rooney’s latest novel, which critics have called “utterly perfect”. The Irish author’s fourth book swaps out her usual female protagonist and instead follows the relationship between two grieving brothers who are both in age-gap relationships and think they have little…