NEWS WEEK OF 18 MARCH 2024
The most exciting book to arrive this week is A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje, poems about life, and what matters, all exquisitely crafted. We have a very few autographed copies available!
Back in stock is The Food Doula Cookbook – a guide to a healthy pregnancy and a nourished new mom, by Lindsay Taylor. A balanced approach focused on nutritious food choices for pre-natal and post-natal health, for mother and baby.
American Spirits by Russell Banks, sadly his final book, from one of America’s most celebrated storytellers. Interlocked tales about the residents of a rural New York town and the shocking headlines that become their local mythologies.
The Swan’s Nest by Laura McNeal is an engrossing novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th century poets – Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Two people who believed that love could be as enduring and faithful as poetry.
Now in paperback
The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh is a novel of the last Tsarina and her sisters. These granddaughters of Queen Victoria were three of the most beautiful princesses in Europe, destined to marry wisely and well. None of them could have imagined the life that would follow, and the tragic consequences.
The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths featuring forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson, could very well be the last in the series, as Ruth and Nelson attempt to save a friend in grave danger.
The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear, may be a stand-alone mystery or the beginning of a new series, by the author of the Maisie Dobbs mystery series. This one set in post Second World War Britain, follows the coming of age of a former wartime operative, Elinor White.