women’s fiction
From it’s beautiful cover to its beautiful writing, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a joy to read. The one hundred years referenced in the title are the collective ages of 17-year-old Lenni and 83-year-old Margot, the protagonists of writer Marianne Cronin’s debut novel. Margot has lived a full and … Continue readings
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Best-selling author Ali McNamara takes us away on deliciously entertaining adventures in her novels. In Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay, her latest book, we follow single mother Amelia Harris and her young son Charlie as they embark on a veritable rags-to-riches journey, from borderline poverty to life in a medieval castle on the … Continue readings
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We do love a good storyteller and international bestselling writer Victoria Hislop is certainly that. From the days of highly acclaimed The Island, Hislop has captivated with her well-researched, historically based tomes. Those Who Are Loved, her latest offering which is published today, continues this trend. The frame for the book is an elderly … Continue readings
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