Waterstones 11
Last year I vowed to read all of the Waterstones 11, a list of eleven debut titles picked by our last national bookseller. In the end I read only three (The Snow Child, The Age of Miracles and The Unlikely…
The Age of Miracles
For a while the days still felt like days. The sun rose and the sun also set. Darkness was followed by light. I remember the cool swell of morning, the slow burn of afternoon, the sluggishness of dusk. Civil twilight…
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold and Maureen are a retired couple, driven apart emotionally by the actions of an absent son. One morning Harold receives a letter from Queenie Hennessy, a friend from his past. She has cancer and she is dying in a…
The Snow Child
Mabel had known there would be silence. Mabel and Jack cannot have children. They move to Alaska to start a new life, one without the pressures of polite society. However it is not easy, the farm work is hard for…
Waterstones 11 – Release Dates
I was looking for the release dates for the Waterstones 11 and as there didn’t seem to be a definitive list, I’m posting them here. Someone might find them useful! For those that don’t know, these are 11 debut novels…
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