When she unexpectedly ends up in the Olympic rainforest, Joy leans into her new-found spontaneity and seizes the opportunity to walk away from her empty life at home and go in search of an adventure. What she finds is more than she ever could have imagined.
Barefoot, wild, and strange. The people of Barkley Cove keep their distance from the “Marsh Girl”. She’s dirty and unsocialized. Not fit for their decent little town. So it stands to follow that when Chase Andrews, the local golden boy, is found dead on the edges of the marsh, the Marsh Girl is an obvious suspect.
As a child Tara Westover had never set foot in a classroom. She’d never tried Tylenol and ‘Holocaust’ was a strange and meaningless word. Born deep in the mountains of Idaho to survivalist parents, she was taught to prepare for the end of a world that she did not know.
Evelyn Hugo hasn’t stepped into the limelight for decades. Now the aging starlet, who was at the height of her power and influence during Hollywood’s Golden Age, is finally ready to tell the scandalous truth that was lurking behind the makeup and the cameras
Keep the lights on for this debut thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. If you’re a fan of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and Get Out, then this is the novel for you.
What would you think if you discovered you were adopted? What would you do if you found out that your bio-parents were serial killers?
Nicola Marter is very cautious whenever she touches something because of the gift she inherited from her grandfather – when Nicola touches an object she can glimpse its history and previous owners.
On the Korean island of Jeju, drawing food and wealth from the sea is a way of life. The haenyeo, an all-female diving collective, are responsible for supporting their families while the men watch the children.
Enter the rough world of London’s East End in the 1950’s. Living quarters are tight and personal hygiene is a luxury. Abandoned bombed lots are where children play and trash is dumped. Buildings that were condemned 15+ years ago still house hundreds, even thousands of people who have nowhere else to go. And yet the people of the East End manage to be as good humoured as they are tough.
“I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all I can think is, ‘These are the hands that b
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