January 2012
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By The Bookdiva on January 30, 2012
Catch up with Diva’s non-fiction from this month, from why people feared fruit to the life of the Swayze couple to Edward Thomas’s WWI poetry exchanges with Robert Frost.
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction | Tagged biography and memoir, Non-fiction
By Faber on January 27, 2012
A dazzling debut story collection from Korean-American writer Krys Lee.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged Immigrant, Korea, short stories
By The Bookdiva on January 25, 2012
Enter to be one of three winners in our January Competition to win a copy of each of the books below!
Posted in Fiction | Tagged Competitions, historical fiction
By Simon & Schuster UK on January 24, 2012
Click here to read an extract from Leah Fleming’s new book, The Captain’s Daughter, published by Simon and Schuster. May is one of the many passengers of the Titanic’s memorable single journey and finds herself in a life boat holding a baby which may or may not be her own. . .
Posted in Fiction, Historical fiction | Tagged historical fiction, motherhood, Titanic
By Faber on January 23, 2012
Click here to read an extract from Faber’s Gillespie and I, the story of a young girl and an under-appreciated artist who finds himself on trial.
Posted in Historical fiction | Tagged historical fiction
By Simon & Schuster UK on January 20, 2012
Sonia is a typical voice coach, living on the edge of the Thames, until she kidnaps a teenage boy and finds herself traveling down memory lane to her tragic first love. Listen to an interview with author, Penny Hancock.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged contemporary fiction, thriller
By Faber on January 19, 2012
Faber offers up Krys Lee’s Drifting House, a collection of short stories based around post-WWII Korea and Korean-American immigrants. Read an extract here!
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction | Tagged Immigrant, Korea, short stories, WWII
By Simon & Schuster UK on January 18, 2012
Lisa Niemi Swayze tells about her life, marriage, and loss of her husband, Patrick Swayze in this new Simon and Schuster offering.
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction | Tagged love, marriage, Non-fiction, Swayze
By Faber on January 16, 2012
In ‘The Ruins of Us’, Keija Parssinen details the break up of a marriage of a Western woman and a Saudi man when he takes a second wife after twenty years of marriage. Read an extract here.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, Fiction, love, marriage, multi-cultural
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