by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Part love letter to his adopted home city of Manchester, part critique of the arts and governing bodies (both specific and societal), Gerry’s eighth collection of autobiographical, domestic/fantastic theatre-verse is a socio-political, hard-hittin’...
by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Amelia Scott is a young woman trying to re-build her life in Southern England following a disastrous relationship. It was going to be an adventure, but when there’s news of a young girl found dead and another goes missing, she quickly begins to learn there is...
by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Set in the present day in an unnamed city in the North of England the book tells the story of a café owner and ex-journalist Luke Greenwood whose life goes into freefall when Selena, his wife of 31 years, leaves him for a much younger man. It is – loosely – based on...
by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Shirley May’s She Wrote Her Own Eulogy takes the reader on a journey, the landscape of Kent and Manchester brought to vibrancy via Jamaica. It is a twisting road, the displaced lives making new communities on strange soil, the stories kept and told and shared....
by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Taking inspiration from Phaedra’s love of libraries, the book tells of volunteer librarian Martha Storm, who finds a mysterious book of fairy tales. Within its pages lies a surprising dedication that stirs up family secrets and sparks her own emotional journey of...
by librarians | Feb 7, 2020 | Curated collections, Our recommendations
Three women have been killed in Liverpool. The MO points to a stranger, and now DCI Eve Clay is on the trail of a vicious man who preys on lonely women on dating sites. He signs off the same way with each message: “Kiss kiss, night night.” His crimes are...
