| Author: | Laura Hillenbrand |
| Category: |
Military |
| Reading Level: | General Adult |
A gripping true story of human endurance and the resilience of one remarkable individual during WWII from Laura Hillenbrand (author of 'Seabiscuit'). On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally b... read more
What an epic tale.
| Author: | David Nicholls |
| Category: |
General Fiction |
| Reading Level: | General Adult |
| Awards: | Winner of Specsavers National Book Awards: UK Author of the Yesr 2014. |
David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014.Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself'... read more
This book had a profound effect on me (Wardini). even now I'll be about to say or do something and I stop and think "Don't be a Douglas".
| Author: | Robert Glancy |
| Category: |
General Fiction |
Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he lost his spleen, but Frank believes he has lost more. He is missing memories - of the people around him, of the history they share and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specialises in small print. B... read more
| Author: | Charity Norman |
| Category: |
NZ Authors |
Luke Livingstone is a lucky man. He's a father and grandfather, a respected solicitor, a pillar of the community. He has a loving wife in Eilish, children who adore him and an idyllic home in the Oxfordshire countryside. But Luke is struggling with an unbearable s... read more
We love Charity!
| Author: | Anthony Doerr |
| Category: |
General Fiction |
| Awards: | 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
The epic new novel, set during WW2, from Sunday Times Short Story Prize-winner Anthony Doerr.
Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, ... read more
| Author: | Erika Johansen |
| Category: |
General Fiction |
Kelsea Glynn is the sole heir to the throne of Tearling but has been raised in secret by foster parents after her mother - Queen Elyssa, as vain as she was stupid - was murdered for ruining her kingdom. For 18 years, the Tearling has been ruled by Kelsea's uncle in the role of Regent however he is but... read more
This has been the surprise star of our book clubs. Pretty much everyone loved it, even those who said they 'didn't read fantasy' thoroughly enjoyed it. The main character Kelsea wins your heart and you're rooting for her all the way.
| Author: | Charity Norman |
| Category: |
NZ Authors |
On a bleak Yorkshire morning, a man is released from prison. For three years Joseph Scott has been haunted by one moment - the moment that changed his life forever. Now he is starting over, and he wants his family back. This is the story of Joseph and his wife, Zoe; of their child... read more
We love Charity!
| Author: | Anthony Doerr |
| Category: |
General Fiction |
| Reading Level: | General Adult |
An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Pulitzer Prize WinnerA blind child, Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter fl... read more
| Author: | Erika Johansen |
| Category: |
Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Series: | The\Tearling Trilogy Ser. |
Kelsea Glynn is the sole heir to the throne of Tearling but has been raised in secret after her mother - a monarch as vain as she was foolish - was murdered for ruining her kingdom. For 18 years, the Tearling has been ruled by Kelsea's uncle in the role of Regent howe... read more
This has been the surprise star of our book clubs. Pretty much everyone loved it, even those who said they 'didn't read fantasy' thoroughly enjoyed it. The main character Kelsea wins your heart and you're rooting for her all the way.
