By Bloomsbury on May 14, 2012
Cecilia is obsessively in love with her teacher, the older, married Mr. Dahl. She plots and speculates, yet she never guesses that what she dreams of could actually happen. Is it her imagination, or is the high-minded Mr. Dahl responding to her?
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, r omance, sex
By Bloomsbury on May 4, 2012
Winner of the National Book Award, Salvage the Bones tells the story of a New Orleans family, already struggling with day to day life in poverty stricken Mississippi as Hurricane Katrina strikes.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, relationships
By Bloomsbury on May 2, 2012
An extract from Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones…
“Beautifully written … A powerful depiction of grinding poverty, where somehow amid the deprivation, the flame of filial affection survives and a genuine spirit of community is able to triumph over everything the system and nature can throw at it.” Daily Mail
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, parenting
By Bloomsbury on May 1, 2012
Funny, bittersweet and unforgettable, Life! Death! Prizes! is a story of grief, resilience and brotherly love.
Read an extract.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged family, relationships
By Faber on February 14, 2012
A Q&A with American author Keija Parssinen whose debut novel The Ruins of Us is set in Saudi Arabia in 2005. It tells the story of an American woman who discovers her Saudi husband of 25 years has a second wife, which triggers her struggle to retain her hard-earned place as a wife, a mother and a woman in a culture that she can never be fully accepted in. Read carefully as we’ll be giving away 3 copies later this week!
Posted in Contemporary Fiction | Tagged family, relationships
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
By Simon & Schuster UK on December 30, 2011
Read an extract from A Gift for My Sister, the story of two very different sisters who find they need each other and rebuild their relationship during difficult times.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction | Tagged contemporary fiction, family
By Oneworld Publications on December 12, 2011
Early contractions lead Tillie Harris to call her estranged father for help, which opens up a messy family history in this new offering from Oneworld Publications.
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged 70s, family, psychology
By Simon & Schuster UK on December 9, 2011
From In the Bleak Midwinter, Birdie must work to keep her family together after surviving the First World War in London and receiving news that her older brother has been sent to prison for deserting his army post. Can she keep her brother safe after he escapes and bring her father around to forgiving his son?
Posted in Fiction, Historical fiction | Tagged family, First World War, historical fiction
By Headline on December 8, 2011
Headline’s newest book, Too Close for Comfort, details the lives and romances of two sisters trying to pick up where they left off despite major changes for each of them.
Posted in Fiction | Tagged family, relationships, romance
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