Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water follows a family in southern India that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning –…
July and August 26: The Covenant of Water
June 26: The Names
It is 1987, and in the wake of a great storm, Cora sets out with her young daughter to register the birth of her son … Her choice will shape…
May 26: The Land in Winter
Where do you hide when you can’t leave home? And where, in a frozen world, can you run to? Introduction to the author and book Andrew Brooke Miller was born…
April 26: All the Colours of the Dark
Two childhood best friends torn apart by tragedy and reunited by their search for the truth, even if finding it means losing each other forever … Introduction to the author…
March 26: Lucy the Ultimate Survivor
This is a true story of courage in adversity, a runaway marriage to an unfaithful husband and a descent from a life of pampered luxury to a struggle for survival…
February 26: The List of Suspicious Things
Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South. Because of the murders. Introduction to the…
January 26: Guilty by Definition
A coded letter. A missing woman. A truth waiting to be found. Introduction to the author and book Susan Dent MBE (born November 1964) is an English lexicographer, etymologist and…
November: Butter
There are two things I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Introduction to the author and book Asaki Yuzuki was born in Tokyo in 1981. During her early school years…
October: Leonard and Hungry Paul
A story of two friends trying to find their place in the world Introduction to the author and book Rónán Hession (born Dublin 1975), also known as Mumblin’ Deaf Ro,…
September: A Gentleman in Moscow
Can a life without luxury be the richest of all? Introduction to the author and book Amor Towles (born 1964) is an American novelist, born and raised in Boston, to Stokley…