Family saga / generational saga fiction
NeWest Press Disappearing Moon Cafe
Book SynopsisDisappearing Moon Cafe was a stunning debut novel that has become a Canadian literary classic. An unflinchingly honest portrait of a Chinese Canadian family that pulses with life and moral tensions, this family saga takes the reader from the wilderness in nineteenth-century British Columbia to late twentieth-century Hong Kong, to Vancouver''s Chinatown.Intricate and lyrical, suspenseful and emotionally rich, it is a riveting story of four generations of women whose lives are haunted by the secrets and lies of their ancestors but also by the racial divides and discrimination that shaped the lives of the first generation of Chinese immigrants to Canada.Each character, intimately drawn through Lee''s richness of imagery and language, must navigate a world that remains inexorably double: Chinese and Canadian. About buried bones and secrets, unrequited desires and misbegotten love, murder and scandal, failure and success, the plot reveals a compelling microcosm of the history of race and gender relations in this country.
£15.29
TouchWood Editions Passage on the Cardena
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1930, fifteen-year-old Matthew Clayton''s mother dies, leaving him alone in Vancouver. Using the Union Steamship ticket she gave him, he sets out in search of his father, who is logging somewhere on the rugged West Coast. Matt boards the SS Cardena and begins an incredible voyage up the Inside Passage and through the isolated coastal communities the ship services.On board he befriends fellow passengers Monica James and the high rigger Will Cameron, both intent on finding a new life, and Emily Carr, a soon-to-be-famous painter searching for a new direction in her art. What each of them finds comes as a surprise as they journey aboard the legendary steamship Cardena.
£10.44
Blue Dome Press Moon Queen: Caravan of Torqoisie
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£17.09
Simon & Schuster Beneath the Attic
Book Synopsis“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic…on my deathbed.” —Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl Forbidden passions have shaped and haunted the Dollanganger family since their first novel—Flowers in the Attic—debuted forty years ago. Now discover how twisted the family roots truly are, and witness the clan’s origins as a result of one wild and complicated relationship. In this evocative and thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews, see Corrine Dixon as a young girl and discover the fascinating family history of the Dollanganger clan.Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named Corrine Dixon, is swept away by the charms of rich, sophisticated, and handsome Garland Foxworth. After discovering that she’s pregnant, Garland does what appears to be the honorable thing and marries her in a huge ceremony on the luxurious Foxworth Hall grounds. Both families fervently overlook the pregnancy, happy for a suitable resolution. Now the mistress of a labyrinthine estate, Corrine discovers that nothing is what is seems. Garland is not the man once captivated by her charms, and she’s increasingly troubled by his infatuation with memories of his departed mother. Can Corrine survive this strange new life? Or is her fate already sealed? Explore the origins of the legendary Dollanganger family in this page-turning, gripping gothic thriller.Trade Review“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic in my gnarled hands on my deathbed.” —Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
£15.96
Minerva Press India Pvt Ltd Longing
Book SynopsisLonging is the yearning of Kathanjali, the chief protagonist caught in the vicious cycle of life and death. Her encounters with a conglomeration of people, both of little and major significance chisel her character in particular, and her life in general.
£6.34
Minerva Press India Pvt Ltd Poverty and the Modern Princes
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£13.50
Ruth Kent Return of a Warlord: The Silvan Book IV
£17.40
University Press of Southern Denmark Sense of Belonging: Morkinskinna & Icelandic
Book SynopsisMorkinskinna is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that portrays the kings who ruled Norway in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It emerged during a particularly fertile period of composition of Icelandic kings'' sagas, and marks a key moment in the genre''s development, being the first extant work in Old Norse in which the reign of many kings is narrated in detail. Its structure has long been considered idiosyncratic among Old Norse kings'' sagas.
£28.35
University Press of Southern Denmark The Reality of the Fantastic: The Magical,
Book SynopsisThe reality of the fantastic combines a ''new philological'' close study of a fifteenth-century Icelandic manuscript compilation of fifteen fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur, AM 343a 4to, with an historically-based analysis of the manuscript''s various contents, demonstrating how fictions that are in many respects non-realistic can be made to yield up insights into the real-world concerns and interests of a group of fifteenth-century Icelanders. Both the methodology of this study and its conclusions should interest readers from diverse fields, including literature, history and manuscript studies.
£32.40
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. INDRA: The Rise and Fall of a Hero
Book SynopsisThere was something unusual in the air. There was no sound, no breeze and time seemed to have stopped as the world waited with bated breath. The eerie silence was unnerving and unsettling. What was this anticipation for? What was the world waiting for? In the stillness of the infinite silence, a mother was waiting in anticipation to give the world its elements. Indra was about to be born. Indra, most popularly known for his power over the rains, has been considered to be a cosmic, dragon-killing hero and a warrior god. So, what makes this warrior hero fall from grace? What makes him insecure, powerless and given toust and merriment in the post-Vedic era? Indrathe Rise and Fall of a Hero is an attempt toook closely at an erstwhile human-hero'', much maligned in theater period due to the wheel of time, which doesn''t even spare the gods.
£10.49
LiFi Publications Pvt Ltd False Ceilings
Book SynopsisShakuntala, born in Dalhousie, inherits a secret on her wedding night in 1946. The secret follows her through the tumultuous events of 1947 Punjab, 1950s Delhi, and 1970s hippie culture, causing destruction as it is passed down through generations.
£11.24
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press After Coffee
Book SynopsisMedhat is an orphaned boy who grows up shuttling between various farming families in the beautiful province of Sharkia, east of the Nile Delta. What was intended to be a brief visit for the five-year-old to Ismailia, a beautiful and cosmopolitan city in the Suez Canal zone, ends up being the beginning of a nomadic life no one could have imagined. Medhats journey takes him across the many landmarks of Egypt and beyond, all the way to Vienna where he discovers that his feelings of displacement still haunt him to the core. In a narrative that interweaves aspects of Egyptian folklore, epic prose, and classical literature, the author skillfully presents the conflict between the man in exile who reflects longingly on his history and origins, and the village boy who belonged nowhere.
£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers A LONG WAY FROM HEAVEN
Book SynopsisSheelagh Kelly’s famous first novel is also the first volume of her bestselling ‘Feeney’ saga.Trade Review‘Genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships’Irish Independent ‘Sheelagh Kelly surely can write’Sunderland Echo
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers A CUPPA TEA AND AN ASPIRIN
Book SynopsisA powerful new novel, heart-breaking but ultimately uplifting, from the author of the classic Twopence to Cross The Mersey.Trade Review‘Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart’Observer ‘Remarkable that from so bleak and unloving a background came a writer of such affectionate understanding and unsettling honesty’Sunday Telegraph ‘…should be long and widely read as an extraordinary human story and social document’Observer
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers The Linden Walk
Book SynopsisThe new novel from the author of A SCENT OF LAVENDER and ONE SUMMER AT DEER''S LEAP follows the secrets and passions of the Sutton family as Britain tries to find its way following the end of World War 2.The war is over, but the battle for happiness has just begun After six long years the Second World War is finally finished. Rationing may remain, but hopes and dreams are in good supply.At Rowangarth, deep in the Yorkshire countryside, there is more good news for the Sutton family and wedding preparations are underway. Lyndis Carmichael has finally won the heart of Drew Sutton, the man she has secretly cherished for years. Still, Lyndis has doubts. Haunted by the memory of Drew''s fiancée Kitty killed during the Blitz she wonders if she can ever take her place in Drew''s heart, and if she truly belongs in the close-knit Sutton clan.And other ghosts still linger. Keth Purvis, back from France after a high-risk mission, is compelled to return overseas to search for the young girl who sTrade ReviewPraise for Elizabeth Elgin: 'A story of passion, faith and class in Yorkshire. Unforgettable characters.'Daily Express 'A poignant, powerful saga that will stay in your memory long after you've read it.'Woman and Home
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers DAUGHTER OF MINE
Book SynopsisA heartrending and heartwarming saga of the Birmingham blitz, from the author of DANNY BOY.Trade Review‘[Anne Bennett is] blessed with a vivid imagination and a natural aptitude for writing’ Daily Post ‘The beauty of Anne’s books is that they are about normal people and are sewn through with human emotions which affect us all’ Birmingham Post
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers HEIRS OF RAVENSCAR
Book SynopsisThe dramatic new Ravenscar novel from the international bestselling author of Woman of Substance.Trade Review Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford: 'Queen of the genre.' Sunday Times ‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns.’ Guardian ‘A classic saga of loyalty, secrets, passion and intrigue…if you’ve been suffering withdrawal symptoms from Downton, this is for you’ Daily Mail ‘As romantic and thrilling as the rest’ Independent on Sunday ‘Another great yarn from the ultimate storyteller’ The Sun ‘The storyteller of substance.’ The Times
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers Some Sunny Day
Book SynopsisForbidden love and family secrets In World War Two Liverpool in the heartrending new saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart.Rosie has grown up in the heart of Liverpool''s Italian community, treated as one of their own. With a father away at sea and a mother more interested in other men than her only daughter, the bighearted Grenellis are the closest thing Rosie has to a proper family.But when war breaks out, and Italy becomes the Allies'' adversary, everything changes. The community is torn in two: friends become enemies, neighbours become traitors and Rosie is left uncertain of just who she can trust.As war intensifies, and Liverpool is subjected to relentless bombings, things become more perilous. When a devastating attack leaves her mother dead, Rosie is sent to live with her aunt in Edge Hill. Her father is feared missing at sea and her aunt lets slip a family secret which has unimaginable consequencesFleeing her cruel aunt, Rosie becomes a Land Girl and falls in love with Trade ReviewPraise for Annie Groves: ‘An engrossing story.’ My Weekly ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story.’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘Exceptionally good within this area, well written and beautifully developed characters.’ Sarah Broadhurst Bookseller ‘This novel [Some Sunny Day] adds to Annie Groves’ growing reputation as a storyteller…This is an absorbing story, with a delightful heroine’ Historical Novels Review
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers THE GRAFTON GIRLS
Book SynopsisThe new Liverpool-based World War Two saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. A unique bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain.Trade ReviewPraise for Annie Groves: ‘An engrossing story.’ My Weekly ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story.’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Songbird
Book SynopsisThe mesmerizing bestseller from Josephine Cox – the nation’s favourite storyteller. Some secrets can haunt a whole lifetime.Trade Review ‘Cox’s talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell’ Daily Mail ‘Irresistible storytelling’ Books Magazine ‘Driven and passionate’ Sunday Times
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers A Sisters Promise
Book SynopsisA heartrending saga of a sister separated from her baby brother by tragedy and prejudice, who will brave the Blitz to bring him to safetyTrade Review‘[Anne Bennett] is blessed with a vivid imagination and a natural aptitude for writing.’ Daily Post ‘The beauty of Anne’s books is that they are about normal people and are sewn through with human emotions which affect us all.’ Birmingham Post ‘Powerfully written.’ The Woman Book Club ‘Anne Bennett draws on her own background to give emotional depth to an affecting story populated with rich, beautifully drawn characters.’ Choice
£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Across the Mersey A gripping historical family saga from the bestselling author of the District Nurses series
Book SynopsisFrom the author of The Grafton Girls comes the story of one Liverpool family preparing for the onslaught of World War Two, but feuding amongst themselves…Trade ReviewPraise for Annie Groves: ‘An engrossing story.’ My Weekly ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story.’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Daughters of Liverpool
Book SynopsisAn evocative and heartrending saga set in Liverpool during World War Two, from the bestselling author of As Time Goes ByTrade ReviewPraise for Annie Groves: ‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers FOR MY BROTHERS SINS
Book SynopsisThe second title in Sheelagh Kelly’s bestselling ‘Feeney’ saga tells how one treacherous act can turn a brother’s love into a murderous rage…Trade Review‘Sheelagh Kelly surely can write’Sunderland Echo ‘Genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships’Irish Independent
£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers DICKIE
Book SynopsisThe fourth and final title in Sheelagh Kelly’s bestselling ‘Feeney’ saga follows the story of Richard William Feeney – ‘Dickie’.Trade Review‘Sheelagh Kelly can surely write’Sunderland Echo
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Wave Me Goodbye Churchills Angels 2
Book SynopsisA compelling story of tragedy and triumph in WWII -the second in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by the war. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves.Trade ReviewAmazing five star reviews from Amazon: Petra "book addict!!!"Churchill's Angels by Ruby Jackson for me was a wonderful read and therefore would recommend this marvellous book to anyone who loves a not only a good read but one which will keep your attention until you reach the last page.M. E. NewellChurchill's Angels by Ruby Jackson is a great book! Ms. Jackson gives the reader great characters and an excellent story line. Any fan of wartime books will truly enjoy this book!S Knight "Bookworm"I loved this book – cannot wait for the next one in the series. I really felt that I was there living with the characters. The historical detail is brilliant.J. Harper "Jenny Harper"Love, new challenges, death and humour battle on every page, ensuring that our attention is held from beginning to end. Can't wait for the next in the series!
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Christmas on the Mersey
Book SynopsisAn emotional and compelling wartime drama from the author of Only a Mother Knows and A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn.Trade ReviewPraise for Annie Groves: ‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break ‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post ‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly ‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers The Dressmakers Daughter
Book SynopsisRomantic dreams, snatched by warLizzie Bishop's humble beginnings as a dressmaker's daughter see her hope for nothing more than a simple offer of marriage. Love, passion and romance are reserved for daydreams.But then into Lizzie's quiet world comes two men one reliable and kind-hearted, the other heartbreakingly handsome. Just as Lizzie's made her choice, the ominous call of war sounds, and her life changes again.Will Lizzie get her chance at happiness, or has it gone forever?Trade Review.
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers THE RAILWAY GIRL
Book SynopsisOnly tragedy can save her…Trade ReviewAmazon Reader Reviews: ‘A charming and evocative saga’‘Nancy Carson is a new author to me and I look forward to reading more of her books’‘Every page is a page turner, so you may find it difficult to put down!’‘A fascinating story and a delightful heroine’‘A heart-warming tale’‘Couldn't put it down’‘I would recommend anyone to read this book’
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Evacuee Summer HeartWarming Historical Fiction Perfect for Summer Reading
Book SynopsisFar from home, an adventure they’ll never forget… ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman Trade Review Praise for The Evacuee Summer: ‘A heart-warming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman 'This delightful read captures a sense of nostalgia and weaves together the dramas of a cast of heart-warming characters’ Woman Praise for The Evacuee Christmas: ‘A heart-warming tale of friendship and family’ Woman
£10.44
HarperCollins The Thorn Birds
£14.24
HarperCollins Circles of Time
Book SynopsisBefore Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.Trade Review"Rock never slips his moorings to the story line; and it's all immensely energetic, top entertainment in the Upstairs/Downstairs vein, complete with bubbling family gossip." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
£9.99
Random House USA Inc The Lowland Vintage Contemporaries
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary novel, set in India and America, that tells the story of two brothers bound by tragedy, a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past, a country torn by revolution, and a love that lasts long past death.Born just fifteen months apart, Subhash and Udayan Mitra are inseparable brothers, one often mistaken for the other in the Calcutta neighborhood where they grow up. But they are also opposites, with gravely different futures ahead. It is the 1960s, and Udayan—charismatic and impulsive—finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty; he will give everything, risk all, for what he believes. Subhash, the dutiful son, does not share his brother’s political passion; he leaves home to pursu
£15.30
Random House USA Inc The Sandcastle Girls
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£15.26
Random House USA Inc Palace Walk
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£15.03
St Martin's Press Flesh and Blood A Novel
£15.19
Little Brown and Company Circe
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£25.50
Orbit Jade City
£17.99
Random House USA Inc The Godfather Returns
Book SynopsisTHE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIMEThirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo’s great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story-the years not covered in Puzo’s bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York’s crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To do so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael. Their personal cold war will run from 1955 to 1962, exerting immense influence on the lives of America’s most powerful criminals and their loved ones, incl
£8.54
Random House USA Inc Starting Now
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£8.54
Random House USA Inc Blossom Street Brides
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£8.54
Random House USA Inc Angels at the Table
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc A Perfect Life
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc Country
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£7.59
Random House USA Inc Leaving Time with bonus novella Larger Than Life
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£16.20
Random House USA Inc A Spark of Light
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£15.30
Random House USA Inc A Fraction of the Whole
Book SynopsisMeet the Deans“The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. I might as well set the story straight about both of them . . .”Heroes or Criminals?Crackpots or Visionaries?Families or Enemies?“. . . Anyway, you know how it is. Every family has a story like this one.”Most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn’t decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed anything and everything and imparted his self-garnered wisdom to his only son. But now that Martin is dead, Jasper can fully reflect on the crackpot who raised him in intellectual captivity, and what he realizes is that, for all its lunacy, theirs was a grand adventure.As he recollects the events that led to his father’s demise, Jasper recounts a boyhood of outrageous schemes and shocking discoveries&
£17.55
Random House USA Inc Merry and Bright
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£9.49
