BookTalk
Book Talk with Smiffs book & card store , Nerja
Falling ( h ) by T . J . Newman is the most thrilling blockbuster read of the summer . You just boarded a flight to New York . There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard . What you don ’ t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot ’ s family was kidnapped . For his family to live , everyone on your plane must die . The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane ...
Falling leads off this month ’ s Soltalk Hotlist of titles , some entirely new , others moving into small paperback format for the first time or being reissued , sometimes after years out of print . All are due for publication on dates in July , with availability in print this month or in early August . The Hotlist helps readers to budget for and plan book ordering .
Taking Flight ( p ) by J . T . Torres . When Tito is a child , his grandmother teaches him how to weave magic around the ones you love in order to keep them close . She is the master and he is the pupil , exasperating Tito ’ s put upon mother who , although exhausted from working long hours , is usually the focus of their mischief . As Tito grows older and his grandmother ’ s mind becomes less sound , their games take a dangerous turn . They both struggle with a particular spell , one that creates an illusion of illness to draw in love . But as the lines between magic and childish tales blur , so too do those between fantasy and reality .
Ruthless Women ( p ) by Melanie Blake . On a beautiful private island off the coast of the UK , the cast and crew of glamorous TV show Falcon Bay are at breaking point . Ratings are falling , and their new boss is inventing ever more dramatic - and impossible - storylines to get Falcon Bay back into the number 1 slot . Director Farrah , lead actress Catherine and producer Amanda are the passionate , ambitious women holding the show together . With so much at stake , they will stop at nothing to stay in the jobs they love and
on the island they call home . Can these women team up to bring down their rivals ? Or will scandal , betrayal and ambition tear them apart .
Blue Postcards ( p ) by Douglas Bruton . Once there was a street in Paris and it was called the Street of Tailors . This was years back , in the blue mists of memory . Now it ’ s the 1950s and Henri is the last tailor on the street . With meticulous precision he takes the measurements of men and notes them down in his leather bound ledger . He draws on the cloth with a blue chalk , cuts the pieces and sews them together . When the suit is done , Henri adds a finishing touch : a blue Tekhelet thread hidden in the trousers somewhere , for luck . One day , the renowned French artist Yves Klein walks into the shop , and orders a suit ...
The First Woman by ( p ) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi . Smart , headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda . But as she enters her teens , she starts to feel overshadowed by the absence of the mother she has never known . At once epic and deeply personal , The First Woman is the bold and piercing story of one young girl ’ s discovery of what it means to be a woman in a family , a community and a country that seem determined to silence her . Steeped in the rich folklore of Uganda but with an eye firmly on the future , Jennifer Makumbi has written a sweeping , effervescent tale of longing , femininity , and courage .
The Paper Palace ( h ) by Miranda Cowley Heller . A magnificent literary debut about the myriad loves that make up a life . Before anyone else is awake , on a perfect August morning , Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below The Paper Palace - the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations . She dives beneath the surface of the freezing water to the shocking memory of the sudden passionate encounter she had the night before , up against the wall behind the house , as her husband and mother chatted to
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