Poignant, heartbreaking, informative, a story about the plight of women in Afghanistan and the effect that one generation has on the next. Afghanistan: 1960s. Mariam is the illegitimate daughter of her mother’s former employer. Her and her mother are banished to the outskirts of Herat, where her wealthy father, Jalil, lives with his three wives … Continue reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A middle-aged man returns to his hometown when he has to attend a funeral. After the service, he finds himself driving past the site where his childhood home once stood, inexplicably drawn to visit his old neighbour at the end of the lane, where, at 7-years-old, he met wise and incomparable Lettie Hempstock, her mother … Continue reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

In 1913, a young girl is found, seemingly abandoned, on a ship in Australia. The girl possesses only a small white suitcase and has no memory of her identity, but for the few clues her carryon holds. The port master and his wife – unable to have their own children and unable to locate the … Continue reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

“Barcelona, 1945: The city slowly heals from the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find more of the author’s works, he makes a … Continue reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In England in 1910, Ursula Todd is born and dies before she takes her first breath. In England in 1910, Ursula Todd is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? What if you could live your life again and again until you got it right? Spanning … Continue reading Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

It is 1960 in London, England. Jennifer Stirling wakes from a coma with amnesia. She does not remember the accident that put her in the hospital, her husband or even her own identity. A stranger in her own life, she hopes to reconnect her memories by going about her day-to-day playing the role of her … Continue reading The Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

It’s an idyllic summer’s day in 1961 and while her family picnics nearby, 16-year-old Laurel daydreams about a boy named Billy and moving to London from the sanctuary of her family tree house. But her daydreams are interrupted when she witnesses her otherwise kind and loving mother, killing a man in cold blood from her … Continue reading The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton