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Drifting House Extract

Drifting House Extract

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!

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A conversation with Elena Mauli Shapiro, author of 13, Rue Therese

A conversation with Elena Mauli Shapiro, author of 13, Rue Therese

By Headline on October 6, 2011

Elena Mauli Shapiro’s first novel is a masterly exploration, intimate and dramatic, of the stories we imagine about others’ lives and the truths those stories reveal about ourselves.

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A podcast interview with Rachel Hore

A podcast interview with Rachel Hore

By Simon & Schuster UK on October 5, 2011

For generations a family has kept its secrets safe. Now will the past come back to haunt them? Rachel Hore discusses her new book in a podcast here.

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Elena Mauli Shapiro on her literary influences for 13, Rue Therese

Elena Mauli Shapiro on her literary influences for 13, Rue Therese

By Headline on October 3, 2011

Find out which literary influences sparked 13, Rue Therese, a historical novel set in WWII-era Paris crossing back to modern day Paris.

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Catching the Tide Competition [closed]

Catching the Tide Competition [closed]

By Headline on September 20, 2011

Enter to win a copy of Judith Lennox’s novel Catching the Tide, the story of two sisters separated by WWII.

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Read an extract from Judith Lennox's Catching the Tide

Read an extract from Judith Lennox’s Catching the Tide

By Headline on September 14, 2011

Two sisters spend a summer together in Florence before the outbreak of World War II separates them, with no knowledge of the other one’s whereabouts.

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