Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the street, at the graveyard.Only Henry is dead. He died two months earlier, leaving a huge hole in Grace’s life and in her heart. But then Henry turns up to…
With just days remaining until they reach New York, and even Temple’s purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, Birch’s search for the culprit is fraught with danger. Like Loading… Set in 1924, A Fatal Crossing is in the golden age…
About the Book I really enjoyed being back in the fictional village of Glentorrin once more which is a warm, friendly and supportive community. It was good to spot some familiar faces from previous books but this is easily read…
This remarkable collection of words and drawings from the acclaimed author of Little and The Swallowed Man charts a tumultuous year in pencil, finding beauty amid the horror of extraordinary times. Publication date – 4 November 2021 In March 2020, as lockdowns were imposed…
To mention those women above is just to touch on the memorable women of the Rothschild family. The book is impeccably and extensively researched and the author has brought together her findings in a compelling and very accessible way. It’s…
8.4Raw, Emotive, Compelling In a similar fashion to books such as Girl, Woman, Other and There There, this book feels like a collection of short stories with protagonists so closely knit that they bleed into each other’s narratives. I loved…
There are also relationships with the land explored in the book and having visited Harris, I found this a particularly well developed strand of the story. It is home in so many ways to the characters whether willingly or reluctantly.…
I came to writing quite late; having raised a family first so I think fame for me has different connotations than for a twenty something young writer. I would like my work to stay with the readers long after they…
1986. Dougie Munro, searching for adventure, leaves the Isle of Harris – the island of his birth – for art college and a career in London as a photographer. 1969. Florence Lawson, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who dreams of being an artist, finds…
1. Tell us a little about Pippo & Clara. Impossible question! If I had to choose, it would probably be The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. There’s so much in this story of the last priest in Mexico’s…
