'I'm glad to taste something this sharp, this smart' Olivia Laing 'Wide-ranging and unsparingly intelligent throughout' Vogue In her twenties Rachel Kushner went to Mexico in pursuit of her first love - motorbikes - to compete in the notorious and deadly race, Cabo 1000.

The library saved her. Now she wants to save the library. But what I didn't expect was for a simple part-time job to become a passionate battle for survivial, both for me and for the library. So this is my eye-opening account of the strange and wonderful library that saved me and why I'm on a mission to save yours.

For three women living through World War II, the threat of war poses very separate issues - that is, until their lives become intertwined in the most tragic of circumstances. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate.