The Female Persuasion

A Husband. A Wife. Their Secret Joe and Joan Castleman are en route to Helsinki. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly […]

Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Outside is the world from which she has been permanently severed: the San Francisco of her youth, changed almost beyond recognition. The Mars Room strip club where she once gave lap dances for a living. And […]

‘I think this is the best debut fiction I’ve ever read… If you like David Nicholls, Tessa Hadley, Elizabeth Day, Meg Wolitzer, Donna Tartt…it’s exceptional’ Pandora Sykes The High Low ‘Kate Quaile,’ he said. ‘I like your name.’ Kate frowned. ‘How do you know my name?’ Throughout their four years at university, Kate and Max […]

Pow wow är en stor sammankomst för native americans, indianer. Bokens pow wow knyter på ett intelligent vis samman olika människoöden: En nykter Jacquie Red Feather försöker hitta tillbaka till familjen hon lämnat bakom sig. Edwin letar efter sin riktiga pappa. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield är där för att se den unge Orvil dansa. […]