A coming-of-age novel told by Jayne, a science lover whose life is transformed and how she uses her differing parents’ views to navigate it
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London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave
London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave is a book about relationships: getting past the ones which are not meant to be and finding the ones that are. And ultimately, finding yourself.
No Surprises – A Short Story by Rachel Deeming
No Surprises – Barbara is meeting her hapless and frankly quite embarrassing husband in a restaurant but he is late to turn up and has an ulterior motive for inviting her besides food.
The Milan Contract by Stephen Franks
The Milan Contract by Stephen Franks is a great thriller, taut and tense, with a well-executed plot which starts as a regular police investigation but develops into so much more
The Hummingbird and the Sea by Jenny Bond
Moving between Massachusetts and the Caribbean, Jenny Bond’s novel is an enjoyable tale of the hope of young love, betrayal and pirates
The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Avi
Oliver Cromwell Pitts’ life is turned upside down when his father disappears the night of a big storm and he is forced to live by his wits.
Exploring Ontario: Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island and in particular, Green Bay Lodge are the perfect places to get away from it all, relaxing in Canadian nature’s tranquility.
Blue Verses: Volume I. Of love, death, angels and demons by Daniel Hernandez
Self-scrutiny and reconciliation is at the heart of this poetry collection as the author wrestles with the uncertainties that life offers.
From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
James Bond’s trip to Turkey for the suggested love of a Russian beauty was a great introduction for me to the fiction of Ian Fleming
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
A quite traumatic but moving novel told in two narrative strands, one of a young mother, the other the daughter she is forced to give up.