Book title:
The Fever Tree
Author name:
Jennifer McVeigh
Posted 29/03/2012
Inspired by the diary of a young doctor, McVeigh’s debut novel sets the story of a Victorian woman bound for South Africa against the violent political struggle in the diamond mines.
Book title:
Eleanor and Park
Author name:
Rainbow Rowell
Posted 13/04/2012
Delightful and devastating, this unconventional story tells of misfits, Joy Division and true love.
Book title:
Northwest Corner
Author name:
John Burnham Schwarz
Posted 16/04/2012
Set twelve years after a tragic accident, Schwartz’s novel tells hauntingly of pain, despair and the need for redemption.
Book title:
Things We Left Unsaid
Author name:
Zoya Pirzad
Posted 02/05/2012
Translated from Armenian by Franklin Lewis, Pirzad’s delicately crafted novel sees a bored housewife searching for fulfilment in turbulent Iran.
Book title:
The Perfume Garden
Author name:
Kate Lord Brown
Posted 30/05/2012
When an abandoned house in Valencia is rediscovered, the mistakes, loves and losses in its past are finally revealed.
