A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Alice decides that she wants to retun to Nigeria when she gets ‘tired’ and to die there despite the fact … More A House for Alice by Diana Evans
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Water by John Boyne
Imagine my delight at seeing a new John Boyne book on the shelves in my local library. I hadn’t heard … More Water by John Boyne
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
When teaching comprehension, we used to do an activity that asked children to summarise what they had just read. It … More Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
A Better man by Louise Penny
I have read this book before but I think I enjoyed it even more this time round, reading it a … More A Better man by Louise Penny
Weyward by Emilia Hart
It is no longer an unusual structure in historical fiction to tell the stories of people linked across time but … More Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Elwood Curtis is a young black man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time: he is … More The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Wow! What a book; a coming of age story in a family with secrets. It’s a story of racism, abuse … More Betty by Tiffany McDaniel