At a pivotal time in history, as the social revolutions of the '60s are beginning, Marina Candelaria is eager to leave the chrysalis of cultural tradition and the drudgery of the family business and attend the University of California at Berkeley.
';[A] witty, unusual murder mystery' SUNDAY TIMESA compelling wartime mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime and Foyle's War.
From the author of A Home of Her Own comes a gripping historical saga full of love, loss and hope, perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Anna Jacobs and Ellie Dean.
Winner of the 2000 Texas Review Fiction Prize Set in Galveston during the 1900 storm, the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States, this sweeping novel follows the fates of several richly drawn characters.
BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true It reads already like a classic' - Ali SmithShortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for FictionGrief never leaves, it merely sinks into you.
For fans of Maggie O'Farrell, a coming-of-age story and a royal love triangle marked by danger and longing, based on real events in medieval France and England.
Maxims and Counsels of Saint Francis de Sales For Every day of the Year is a timeless spiritual guide that offers daily wisdom drawn from the gentle and profound teachings of one of Catholicism's most beloved saints.
Jamie Wright hates her West Texas hometown of Silver Falls, its small-minded people, the reminder of her childhood there and her failed first marriagethe source of her daddy's eternal disappointment.
Jamie Wright hates her West Texas hometown of Silver Falls, its small-minded people, the reminder of her childhood there and her failed first marriagethe source of her daddy's eternal disappointment.
**Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature**A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America s best-known trans men, Antonio de ErausoThe new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron'Luminous' SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN Bold and compassionate Financial TimesFrom deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl.