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Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize A Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre's most moving novel yet. Hailed in Le Point as a 'masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance,' it is the story of an intense friendship between the Narrator and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers ...

‘I get changed into my scrubs, relieved for the focus on other women’s bodies, making sure they feel safe, strong and worthy of respect. I know exactly the sort of midwife I want to be: the sort that I need.’ From her first days as a junior midwifery student, through to birthing babies during lo...

In Super Roots, Tanita de Ruijt showcases over 60 exciting ways to use herbs, spices, roots and barks in the most delicious ways for optimum health. Taking inspiration from the East – predominantly Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, China – Tanita aims to reinvigorate those traditional recipes...

Blending the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists with the journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen, “an exquisite feminist critique of Russia’s oppressive tactics" (Kirkus Reviews) revealing how modern Russia’s history of weaponizing sexual violence plays a crucial role in its current geopolit...

A brand-new love story for 2024. Filled with heart-wrenching romance, family love, and mystery 'A beautifully written, gripping and moving novel about the lengths we will go to for the people who mean the most to us... I was utterly captivated, from start to finish' - Holly Miller *** If you c...

‘Utterly compelling’ Heidi Swain ‘Evocatively written, poignant and compulsive' Emma Curtis ‘Brilliant, twisty’ Sara Sheridan Three women. A long-buried secret. One voice will free them all… London, 1915: Amid the wartime chaos, Katerina is hailed as a beacon of hope for her bakery, which offer...

Alexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refusé, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant. Everyone from her birth region carries a harmless bu...

‘A fantastic and heartfelt book, full of recipes that make you feel like Spain should be your home.’ – Tom Kerridge Bordering Spain's southern coast, Andalusia is a place where the past and modernity blend together to form a rather magical destination. From sandy beaches to amazing architecture,...

A gorgeously warm, funny and heartbreaking book about what it means to be a mother. The Hickory Creek Community Centre is a lifeline for new mums. So when a bad case of black mould threatens to end the only women's services available in their small town, a new mothers' group bands together to ...

Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma - helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream ...