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November 16th, 2022

Q&A with Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North Author Rachel Joyce

This entry was posted on 16 November 2022.

Rachel Joyce is the author of the international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North completes this trilogy. She is also the author of bestsellers Perfect, The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories.

Q&A with Mrs. Michelle Obama

This entry was posted on 16 November 2022.

In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama’s inspiring follow-up to Becoming, the former First Lady shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. Here, Mrs. Obama chats about the book, particularly her approach to overcoming fear, sharing our light and what knitting does for her.

 


 

November 15th

Extract: The Quality of Mercy by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

This entry was posted on 15 November 2022.

In her most magnificent novel yet, award-winning author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu showcases the history of a country transitioning from a colonial to a postcolonial state with a deft touch and a compassionate eye for poignant detail. Linked to  The Theory of Flight  and  The History of Man,  Ndlovu’s novel nevertheless stands alone in its evocation of life in the City of Kings and surrounding villages.

 


 

Extract: All the Broken Places by John Boyne

This entry was posted on 15 November 2022.

Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades. She leads a comfortable, quiet life, despite her dark and disturbing past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany over seventy years before. She doesn't talk about the post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.

 


 

Extract: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

This entry was posted on 15 November 2022.

In The Light We Carry,  Michelle Obama opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that we can all lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux.

 


 

November 14th

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