Inspired by a true story, Hannah Kent's Burial Rites was shortlisted for The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, The Guardian First Book Award and The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards. In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of her lover.Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant priest appointed Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the year progresses and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes's story begins to emerge and with it the family's terrible realization that all is not as they had assumed.Based on actual events, Burial Rites is an astonishing and moving novel about the truths we claim to know and the ways in which we interpret what we're told. In beautiful, cut-glass prose, Hannah Kent portrays Iceland's formidable landscape, in which every day is a battle for survival, and asks, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others?Burial Rites is perfect for fans of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood and The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan.
The next gripping instalment of the Guernsey Girls trilogy, featuring Harriet and Annie.
In the year 79 AD a loyal dog finds herself at the mercy of an aristocrat with nefarious intentions - while the shadow of Mount Vesuvius looms . . .
'A masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected' Professor John Sutherland, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2005The Sea is John Banville's Man Booker prize-winning exploration of memory, childhood and loss. When art historian Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. The Grace family had appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. Mr and Mrs Grace, with their worldly ease and candour, were unlike any adults he had met before. But it was his contemporaries, the Grace twins Myles and Chloe, who most fascinated Max. He grew to know them intricately, even intimately, and what ensued would haunt him for the rest of his years and shape everything that was to follow.
A delightful collection of nature poems introduced by author Helen Macdonald.
A baby board book about Halloween that brings a game of peekaboo to life with grab-and-pull mechanisms.
From Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, comes an anthology of brand new stories showcasing the best Black talent from across contemporary horror writing.
A fun interactive sound book with a giant giggle button that encourages social development and bonding through laughter
For readers of Exciting Times, Sorrow and Bliss and Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Bonding is the addictive, shrewd, darkly funny and devastating debut novel about the unlikely consequences of a uniquely modern love triangle.
Visit a diverse range of homes around the world in this title in the This Is Our World series.
In New York City where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal ventures. The Antonova sisters are beautiful, cunning, and ruthless, and their mother, known only as Baba Yaga, is the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants. On the other side, the influential Fedorov brothers serve their father, the crime boss known as Koschei the Deathless, whose criminal enterprise dominates the shadows of magical Manhattan.For twelve years, they have cooexisted in a fraught stalemate. But when bad blood brings both families to the precipice of disaster, fate intervenes with a chance encounter. Now, with deadly conflict on the horizon, everyone must choose a side. As the siblings struggle to stake their claim, fraying loyalties threaten to rot each side from the inside out.If the enmity between empires doesn't destroy them first.From the no.1 international bestselling author of The Atlas Six, One For My Enemy is a captivating fantasy story of ambition, sacrifice and the enduring power of family legacies.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.
When Grumpy Met Sunshine is an oppostites attract Ted Lasso inspired Rom Com from acclaimed British author Charlotte Stein.
Heartstopper meets Juno Dawson¿s What¿s the T? in this unmissable YA graphic novel Homebody by non-binary creator Theo Parish, exploring what it means to live life on your own terms
A brilliantly funny seasonal treat for bestselling poet Brian Bilston's loyal fans and newcomers alike.
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