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THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR
Helen Simonson
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THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS
This wonderful novel is set in the idyllic beauty of a late
Edwardian summer in the country, where the passionate
pursuit of unexpected love and the village outrage over
the arrival of a female Latin teacher is
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all swept away by the onset of a war
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Dominic Smith
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DUE 1ST MAY
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a dazzling and
mesmerising story that charts the collision course
between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter
of the Golden Age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s
Manhattan, and a celebrated art historian who painted
a forgery of it in her youth. It is a literary novel of
breathtaking scope, ambition and achievement.
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WHEN THE SKY FELL APART
Caroline Lea
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LAROSE
Louise Erdrich
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DUE 10TH MAY
It starts with the burning man on the beach just after
the bombs land, obliterating the last shred of hope
that Hitler will avert his attention from the Channel
Islands. Introducing an exciting new voice in literary
fiction, When the Sky Fell Apart is a heartbreaking
chorus of the resilience of the human spirit.
Landreaux accidently killed his neighbour’s five year old
son. As a way of delivering justice he gives his own son to
the grieving parents. LaRose becomes the linchpin that
links both families. But when a man believes there was
a cover-up the day Landreaux killed the boy he threatens
the peace between the two families…
THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S WIFE
Suzanne Joinson
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THE SECRET RECIPE FOR SECOND CHANCES
J.D. Barrett
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When Lucy fires up Fortune’s old kitchen she discovers
a red recipe book that belonged to the former chef,
Frankie Summers. Lucy can sense Frankie beside her...
This fiery chef just might help Lucy cook herself up a
better life. A smart, charming novel that shows every
day brings with it a second chance.
DUE 27TH APRIL
Sharon Guskin
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Joanne Harris
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Imagine your son keeps asking for his mother - but
it’s not you he wants... A novel that spans life, death
and everything in between, The Forgetting Time tells
an unforgettable story - about Noah, love, and, above
all, about the things we hold onto when we have
nothing else.
With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new
broom has arrived at St Oswald’s Grammar. But while
Straitley does his best to resist a march
to the future, a shadow from his past is
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stirring. A boy who haunts this teacher’s
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dreams. A boy capable of bad things.
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THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY
Monica Wood
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THE MAKER OF SWANS
Paraic O’Donnell
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Mr Crowe was once the toast of the finest salons. A man
of learning and means, he travelled the world, enthralling
all who met him. Now, he devotes himself to earthly
pleasures. But Mr Crowe and his extraordinary gifts have
not been entirely forgotten…
Written by the author of A Lady Cyclists Guide to
Kashgar, Suzanne Joinson, The Photographer’s Wife
is a powerful story of betrayal: between father and
daughter, husband and wife and between nations
and people. It is set in the complex period between
the wars.
THE FORGETTING TIME
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Miss Ona Vitkus has mostly lived unobtrusively, her
secrets fiercely protected. The boy changes all that. He
makes her feel like she might be really special after all.
Only it’s been two weeks now since he last visited…
Then the boy’s father comes determined to finish his
son’s good deed. Ona must show this new stranger
that there is a life’s ambition to complete.
THAT DEVIL’S MADNESS
AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD
Dominique Wilson
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Tracy Chevalier
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That Devil’s Madness tells of the tensions that exist
between idealism and duty, friendship and loyalty to
one’s country, of the struggle for freedom, dignity and
respect. Dramatic and shockingly relevant to today’s
world situation, the novel is driven by finely crafted
characters and razor-sharp drama and mystery.
From the author of Girl With a Pearl Earring comes
a new novel of family struggle and personal
determination. The story is set in 1838 Ohio where
life is harsh and in this powerful story, Tracy Chevalier
brings to life the urge to wrestle with our roots, however
deep and tangled they may be.