- Barbara Copperthwaite
My Top 13 Reads of 2016 (in no particular order…)
Wow! When a wonderful author such as Louise Beech puts together her favourite reads of 2016 you just know they will be something special. The last thing I expected was for Flowers For The Dead to be included. I’m absolutely blown away! Thank you, Louise!
Shtum – Jem Lester
This was a book I could not read in public. By the end I was a teary wreck. It’s brutally beautiful. Written without restraint, showing us how incredibly hard life can be with an autistic child, the gorgeous Jonah. With utterly real characters, who are flawed and yet courageous, the book is like nothing I’ve read before. An absolute must-read.
For two weeks Gill Paul had my heart. After falling in love with the characters and beautiful writing in Women and Children First, I was beyond excited when I got my advance copy of The Secret Wife. This huge story spans generations, joining present day Lake Akanabee, New York State with 1914 Russia, both world wars, and much more. At its heart is the pulsating love story between Cavalry Officer Dimiti and Duchess Tatiana, who are torn apart on…
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