Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton
Remembered is a mother’s farewell to her son. It’s a sister’s regret. A woman’s remembering: her anger, and her heartbreak; her resignation and her resilience.
Sodden Downstream by Brannavan Gnanalingam
At the end, I didn’t know whether to despair or hope for Sita. I still don’t.
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Maurice Swift will do anything, anything, to get his name on the cover of a book.
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
In the end those landmarks of his life, which might have guided him onwards, are quite gone.
The New Ships by Kate Duignan
A finely crafted novel that traverses the territory of love and loss, broken family ties, and political upheaval
Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live!
This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman
Sometimes there is a prescience to novels, as if certain books have their particular time.
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