Grandmothers
By: Salley Vickers
3.69
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
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1. How It All Began
By: Penelope Lively
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
When Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord P… read more
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2. Burning Bright
By: Tracy Chevalier
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Burning Bright follows the Kellaway family as they leave behind tragedy in rural Dorset and come to… read more
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3. Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities
By: Marian Keyes
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Sushi for Beginnersand Angelscomes a collection of persona… read more
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4. Ladder of Years
By: Anne Tyler
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Married with three almost-grown children, Delia Grinstead has vanished without trace or reason. But… read more
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5. Spiderweb
By: Penelope Lively
3.62
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
At age sixty-five, retired anthropologist Stella Brentwood buys a cottage in Somerset, England, and… read more
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6. The Road to Lichfield
By: Penelope Lively
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodi… read more
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- adult fiction
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7. Still Life
By: Sarah Winman
4.17
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English so… read more
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"But when have women not sacrificed to live as they feel?"-Sarah Winman, Still Life
"We were an unconventional family. Scandal was a rite of passage."-Sarah Winman, Still Life
"No single act of generosity remains in isolation. The ripples are many."-Sarah Winman, Still Life
"He needed to know everyone was safe because without them he was nothing."-Sarah Winman, Still Life
8. The Household
By: Stacey Halls
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more
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9. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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- audiobook
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10. Safe Haven
By: Shankari Chandran
4.18
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more
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- audiobook
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11. Absolutely and Forever
By: Rose Tremain
3.90
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more
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12. On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
By: Laura Cumming
3.58
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez Laura Cumming shares the riv… read more
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"The lives of even quite recent generations might almost disappear from our understanding if we did not think of their aspirations."-Laura Cumming, On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
"To commemorate Veda’s life, Elizabeth planted thousands of daffodil bulbs in the grounds of Chapel school for the pupils to pick on Mother’s Day each year, so that no future mother would ever be forg…"-Laura Cumming, On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
13. Sanctuary
By: Garry Disher
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more
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14. A Single Thread
By: Tracy Chevalier
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become… read more
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- adult fiction
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- adult
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"It is perhaps difficult to understand if you have not had children yourself. The biological imperative of the parent is to protect the child, and when that is impossible it feels like a failure, what…"-Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread
15. Restless Dolly Maunder
By: Kate Grenville
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more
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16. A Bird in Winter
By: Louise Doughty
3.68
Format: None pages, ebook
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more
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17. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
By: Joanna Cannon
3.65
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly ch… read more
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"The most important thing a garden needs is the shadow of a gardener."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"I thought I would like a job where inquiring about everyone else's private business was considered perfectly routine."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
"The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life."-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
18. The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler, #10)
By: Susan Hill
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Serrailler must confront his demons as Lafferton experiences a series of shocking crimes in this 10… read more
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19. A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story
By: Polly Morland
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Fortunate Woman is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at the life and work of a country… read more
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20. Whenever You're Ready
By: Trish Bolton
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An unexpected death finds Lizzie, Alice and Margot at various crossroads in their lives, torn betwe… read more
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"Lizzie understood too well the focus on the task. The bottom to be washed, the bed to be changed, human attentions lost to overwork and time management. What must it be like to work in such a place t…"-Trish Bolton, Whenever You're Ready
"It always felt strange that life outside went on, thought Lizzie, after saying goodbye to her mother, there was so much sorrow within those four walls, she wondered how it could possibly be contained…"-Trish Bolton, Whenever You're Ready
21. This Family
By: Kate Sawyer
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This house. This family. Mary has raised a family in this house. Watched her children play and l… read more
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22. The Temptation of Gracie
By: Santa Montefiore
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Never give up on your dreams, no matter how long you hold on to them . . . Gracie Burton is a g… read more
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23. Nonfiction
By: Julie Myerson
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
This is definitely not a ghost story. But for a while after you’re gone, I see you everywhere. E… read more
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24. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances
By: Libby Page
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more
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25. A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)
By: Joanne Harris
3.94
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It's an incendiary moment for… read more
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"Working at King Henry's, and later at St Oswald's, I had always had to be tough on myself, and gentle on men. Men are so very fragile, Roy; so unused to being challenged."-Joanne Harris, A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)
"I was surprised. It's not often that a woman receives an apology from a man, especially not in such circumstances. I am far more used to being told: You need to learn to take a joke, or; Why must you…"-Joanne Harris, A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)
26. Grandmothers
By: Salley Vickers
3.69
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger gen… read more
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27. A Dry Spell
By: Clare Chambers
3.91
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - WINNER of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-T… read more
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28. The Secrets of Flowers
By: Sally Page
4.33
Format: 432 pages, ebook
From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more
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29. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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30. The Beanstalk Murder
By: P.G. Bell
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Beanstalk Murder - a middle grade fantasy novel by P. G. Bell - involves a young witch-in-train… read more
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