‘Captures the little-known story of the evacuees sent away by sea during WW2’– The Last Lifeboat [ About The Last Lifeboat ] Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war. In…
‘The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the last day of his life‘– Falling Animals [ About Falling Animals ] On an isolated beach set against a lonely, windswept coastline, a pale figure sits serenely against a sand dune staring out to sea. His hands…
‘You were desperate for a day or two to catch your breath or even just looking to recharge your batteries after a major inquiry and someone decided to poison their husband or stab a passer-by because they didn’t like their trainers. People were so bloody inconsiderate, sometimes.’– The Last Dance [ About The Last Dance…
‘From the author of Exciting Times‘– The Happy Couple [ About The Happy Couple ] Meet the wedding party:THE BRIDE AND GROOMCeline and Luke are meant to get married and live happily ever after. But Celine’s more interested in playing the piano, and Luke’s a serial cheater. THE BRIDESMAIDPhoebe, Celine’s sister, is meant to finish college…
‘Being pushed in a Tesco trolley round the back of the flat. Joe giving us all a shot, but letting me stay the longest. Pushing me faster. Spinning and laughing while crashing into the overflowing double-steel bins’– Boys Don’t Cry [ About Boys Don’t Cry ] They say boys don’t cry.But Finn’s seen his Da…
‘I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready.’– The Mess We’re In [ About The Mess We’re In ] It’s the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and…
‘Would you ever give up trying to find your child, if they vanished without a trace?’– The Island of Longing [ About The Island of Longing ] One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later. But the…
‘From the team behind the award-winning Illegal comes an important and compelling graphic novel about the real and devastating effects of climate change’ [ About GLOBAL ] Yuki lives in an increasingly deserted Inuit township in Nova Scotia. One day she sets out into the wilderness of the Arctic tundra planning to photograph a rare…
‘A strikingly-original coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of 1980s Michigan.‘– The Polite Act of Drowning [ About The Polite Act of Drowning ] Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen-year-old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy…
‘On Glenbeg Farm, it was a sunny morning like any other.Only the distressed bark of beloved collie Samson hinted that all was not well’– There’s Something I have to Tell You [ About There’s Something I Have To Tell You ] When the bodies of wealthy matriarch Ursula Kennedy and her farmer husband Jimmy are…