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The Bright Fabric of Life
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9780956527837
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2024-12-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Maclean Dubois
240 Pages
This is the story of two young women who meet in Ethiopia. Beautiful Sylvie is full of joy and hope, but all her dreams come crashing down after a disastrous childbirth leaves her hiding from the world. And feisty Juliet, a surgeon in London, whose demons force her on the run to Africa which proves to be a rollercoaster of an adventure.
Weak Teeth
Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781846976629
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2024-07-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Polygon
272 Pages
Weak Teeth is a wonderfully astute portrait of a messed-up family coping with mental illness, grief, difficult relationships and toothache, told with verve and originality. A captivating debut from Edinburgh-based writer Lynsey May, for fans of Sally Rooney, Meg Mason and Marian Keyes.
Slant
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408388
Publisher: New Island Books
Pub Date: 2023-07-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
336 Pages
A ground-breaking Irish lesbian love story, set across the decades from the 1980s AIDS crisis to the 2015 marriage referendum.
Cyfres Amdani: Y Llyfr
Price: $9.99
ISBN: 9781801064064
Publisher: The Books Council of Wales
Pub Date: 2023-06-01
Format: Digital download
Imprint: CAA Cymru
76 Pages
This is a mystery novel about a young girl from Newcastle upon Tyne who comes to Wales to start her journey learning the Welsh language. As well as opening a door to a new culture, learning the language also reveals secrets about her mother's family - a Welsh native who has abandoned the country for years.
Mrs. Sinden
A Novel
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781954021976
Publisher: Global Collective Publishers
Pub Date: 2023-01-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Global Collective Publishers
264 Pages
This is a story of love in a time of plague. Jessica Sinden, a reserved British woman who unexpectedly falls in love with , Philip Nye, just as rumors begin to mount about a new disease in China-SARS. Deepening in seriousness as the narrative proceeds, the two of them wind up quarantined together on a high mountain, waiting for death.
The Loyal Daughter
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 9781998779109
Publisher: At Bay Press
Pub Date: 2022-09-22
Format: Digital download
Imprint: At Bay Press
The Loyal Daughter is a novel in stories, told from the perspective of mother, daughter, and granddaughter and spans the 1940s to modern day. A young woman in a village in Communist China finds herself scrapping her way through the crowded streets of Hong Kong. She immigrates to an isolated Northern Ontario city and finally settles in Toronto.
The Glass Shore
Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408401
Publisher: New Island Books
Pub Date: 2021-10-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
362 Pages
The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, compiled by Sinéad Gleeson, provides an intimate and illuminating insight into an underappreciated literary canon. Twenty-four female luminaries from the north of Ireland capture experiences that are both vivid and varied, despite their shared geographical heritage.
Waiting for Lindsay
Price: $12.99
ISBN: 9781912240951
Publisher: Sandstone Press
Pub Date: 2021-06-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
352 Pages
On a hot July day, thirteen year old Lindsay Mathieson walked along the shore, past the rocks and out of sight. For ever. Thirty years later, a new crisis draws her family back to that familiar beach, and to memories too long buried.
The Bright Fabric of Life
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9780956527837
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2024-12-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Maclean Dubois
240 Pages
Weak Teeth
Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781846976629
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2024-07-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Polygon
272 Pages
Slant
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408388
Publisher: New Island Books
Pub Date: 2023-07-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
336 Pages
Cyfres Amdani: Y Llyfr
Price: $9.99
ISBN: 9781801064064
Publisher: The Books Council of Wales
Pub Date: 2023-06-01
Format: Digital download
Imprint: CAA Cymru
76 Pages
Mrs. Sinden
A Novel
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781954021976
Publisher: Global Collective Publishers
Pub Date: 2023-01-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Global Collective Publishers
264 Pages
The Loyal Daughter
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 9781998779109
Publisher: At Bay Press
Pub Date: 2022-09-22
Format: Digital download
Imprint: At Bay Press
The Glass Shore
Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781848408401
Publisher: New Island Books
Pub Date: 2021-10-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: New Island Books
362 Pages
Waiting for Lindsay
Price: $12.99
ISBN: 9781912240951
Publisher: Sandstone Press
Pub Date: 2021-06-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
352 Pages