Zwei Hebammen, ein kleines Madchen und ein ostfriesisches Dorf im Strudel der ZeitEin ungewohnlicher, auch ungewohnlich schon erzahlter Roman einer Kindheit und eines ostfriesischen Dorfes wahrend der Umbruche in den 1960er JahrenDort, wo es rau und windig ist, manchmal eisig kalt, und wo ein gro er Himmel alles uberwolbt, wird 1959 Greta geboren.
'A stark depiction of the alligator pond of prison life Rage tempered with compassion [its] emotional core continues to smoulder The New York Times Book ReviewThrill-seeking teenager Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery in the state penitentiary, where terror and chaos reign, corrupt guards inflict casual violence, and men try to preserve their dignity amid isolation and inhumanity.
Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, sat on a busy street corner with a sky-blue Olivetti typewriter and asked the world a simple, direct question: Can you please tell me a love story?
*WINNER OF THE 2023 FRED KERNER BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS**FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE*Grief is like an inside joke: you have to have been there to really get it.
Winner of the Western Heritage Award for "e;Outstanding Western Novel"e; 2005As the Cheyenne fought that June day in 1876, warrior Comes in Sight faced grave danger.
'I was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines'This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century .
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023'A hugely impressive debut' SARAH WATERS'[A] haunting and moving story' SUNDAY TIMES'A powerful and inspired achievement.
'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little'I can't recommend more highly.
In the shadowed halls of Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley s fury took shape and birthed a monster'Hypnotic, gothic, and utterly terrifying, Love, Sex & Frankenstein is an unmissable novel' 5* Review'The best expression of female rage I have read to date' 5* Review--Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Gervase Fen novella by Edmund Crispin that has never previously been published.
A collection of three novels from the twice Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series: A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and The Giant, O'Brien.
The author's most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.
The first novel from the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award.
As resonant with social and political themes as Lessing's masterpiece 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Diaries of Jane Somers' sees the author returns to the realism of her early fiction with the wisdom and experience of maturity.
A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.
Now a major TV seriesWinner of the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the the Orange PrizeShortlisted for the Costa Novel Award`Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good' Daily Mail'Our most brilliant English writer'GuardianEngland, the 1520s.
'A visual delight' The Times'A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London' Sunday Times'Tell me, then: would you say you are innocent or experienced?
WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZEGRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2013For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world.
From the Irish Times and New York Times bestselling author comes a historical novel about an orphaned Victorian flower seller, a lost sister and a hidden diary.
The world is at war and her country needs herWhen Florence's son, John, announces that he has enlisted, she is horrified but determined to hold her family together during the oncoming hardships they are to face.