Adrienne is living in a puritanical age, when the best compliment a childless woman can get is: 'You'd make a terrific mother'. That's when she goes to her friends' Labor Day picnic and accidentally kills their baby. The shock of this scene is expertly packed into two brief paragraphs.
By the celebrated author of The Pear Affair and The Secret Starling - Patch finds adventure on every deck of the 'floating palace' she accidentally stows away on.
The propulsive debut novel from one of the most innovative young fiction writers today - a searing and affecting depiction of what redemption can be for a person and for a country in the wake of trauma.
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. The Art of the Straight Line features Reed's unpublished writings on the technique, practice, and purpose of martial arts, as well as essays, observations, and riffs on meditation and life.
The prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth. 'Genius ...
What is he, twelve? As shots ring out from the warring mainland, on the island of Inisherin it's the rift between old drinking pals Padraic and Colm that leads both men to ever more alarming action. Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2022. Nominated: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023.
I love the edible magic.' 'I absolutely adored it.' 'Highly recommended.' 'A very entertaining, well plotted and fast paced story.' 'The idea of edible magic was original and inspired.' 'Hugely imaginative.' Jude Ripon returns on another vigilante mission to save Farrowfell.