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Written by: | Heather Morris |
Review by: | Anneke Elsing |
Genre: | Historical Fiction |
Three Sisters is a remarkable novel based on the true story of three Slovakian Jewish sisters, who endured the worst of humanity to forge new and hopeful lives on the other side. It will break your heart, but leave you amazed and uplifted by the courage and fierce love of three sisters, whose promise to each other kept them alive in a place without hope. Two of the sisters are alive in Israel today, surrounded by friends and family.
Written by: | Lesley Pearse |
Review by: | Anneke Elsing |
Genre: | Suspense |
A murder mystery set in a contemporary UK setting. It’s not a gruesome or violent novel, it’s about the back stories of the characters, the neighbours of Willow Close.
When Nina and Conrad move into their new home in Willow Close, they thought they'd found their dream neighbourhood, but when a body is discovered it's possible they have moved into a nightmare.
Written by: | Rachael Chadwick |
Review by: | Anneke Elsing |
Genre: | Non-fiction |
The heartfelt and uplifting story of how a project to scatter 60 Postcards in memory of her mother helped a young girl come to terms with her loss.
On 11 February 2012 Rachael Chadwick lost her Mother to cancer, just sixteen days after first being diagnosed, and her world shattered right in front of her. She decided to base a project around her Mum's approaching 60th Birthday. Desperate to spread the word about the wonderful person she had lost, Rachael wanted to leave notes around a city in her memory. She hand-wrote sixty postcards, each with her email address at the bottom asking the finder to get in touch.
Written by: | Gail Honeyman |
Review by: | Anneke Elsing |
Genre: | General Fiction |
Eleanor leads a simple life. Wears the same clothes to work, eats the same meal deal for lunch, buys two bottles of vodka for the weekend. She's happy. But what's missing?
Gradually little pieces of her past are revealed.
Written by: | Charlie Lovett |
Review by: | Anneke Elsing |
Genre: | General Fiction |
Set in the Victorian era, Shakespeare's time, and the 90's.
This book focuses on Bookseller Peter and his wife Amanda. Peter struggles with even the easiest of human interactions. Amanda draws him out and into the world. But when his wife dies, his life is shattered.