No idea where she gets the time from but Grace has been helping set up a series of high profile author talks – The Kent House Series – which will be held in London (Knightsbridge) from January next year. Tickets £25 including a complimentary glass of (delicious!) wine.
‘Liz Fenwick weaves intrigue and romance into this profound, luminous novel’ Woman’s Own
The Secret Shore is an historical fiction romance set in World War 2 – from Liz Fenwick, author of from the bestseller The River Between Us
Annabel has recently read three books that she has very much enjoyed and thinks you might be entertained by them too. So, if you’re looking for your next good read…
‘A writer at the peak of her powers’ The Telegraph
Kilburn, 1873. The ‘Tichborne Trial’ has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be – or an imposter.
Mrs Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her novelist cousin and his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects England of being a land of façades, in which nothing is quite what it seems.
Andrew Bogle meanwhile finds himself the star witness, his future depending on telling the right story. Growing up enslaved on the Hope Plantation, Jamaica, he knows every lump of sugar comes at a human cost. That the rich deceive the poor. And that people are more easily manipulated than they realise.
Based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about how in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception, deciding what’s true can prove a complicated task. BUY HERE
‘Full of horrors but energetic, funny and tense as a spring . . . plants its devilish brilliance deep in the reader and won’t let go.’ John Self, Observer
Giles Trenchard is born into privilege – and an atmosphere of hidden violence and isolation. Wholly unloved, he is shipped off to one boarding school after another. Always hoping to live up to his family’s expectations he joins the Navy on the outbreak of war. The camaraderie of life offer him some semblance of purpose and contentment. Yet on his return from war, he finds himself adrift and one day – like the hero of Joseph Conrad’s classic Lord Jim – he commits an act so shocking that it calls his past, his character and his whole world into question.
‘Haunting, compelling and brilliant’ The Times
‘Irresistible and seductive’ Guardian
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch.
We women often suffer from lack of self- esteem, losing our zest and battle on regardless neglecting our own self-care in midlife. Take a breath to read the positive ideas in this midlife journal which could help you re-set your life.
Green is a part vegan, part vegetarian, no-fuss cookbook. Featuring recipes for freezable food, simple traybakes, one-pot dishes and whole host of meals you can make in 20 minutes.
“I am racing through this wonderful story, simply can’t put it down.” Loved the Harold Fry film so was pretty sure this would be a winner too and am not disappointed. A very enjoyable read with twists and turns and the power of female friendship. (Grace)