The Farm by Randy O’Brien

A tale of family and the impact that war can have, in its many manifestations: death of loved ones, loss, grief or in the hardship it brings

Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce

A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable

A Clearer Sky by Krystal Bailey

A wonderful sequel to a timeless classic, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Did you ever wonder what happened to Mary Lennox?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

A magnificent book of war and love and courage and weakness – a tour through the human experience: its emotions, its hesitancies, its losses