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Sisterhood
Katherine Bradley £9.99
In Oceania, whoever you are, Big Brother is always watching you and trust is a luxury that no one has. Julia is the seemingly perfect example of what women in Oceania should be: dutiful, useful, subservient, meek. But Julia hides a secret.
A secret that would lead to her death if it is discovered. For Julia is part of the underground movement called The Sisterhood, whose main goal is to find members of The Brotherhood, the anti-Party vigilante group, and help them to overthrow Big Brother. Only then can everyone be truly free.
When Julia thinks she's found a potential member of The Brotherhood, it seems like their goal might finally be in their grasp. But as she gets closer to Winston Smith, Julia's past starts to catch up with her and we soon realise that she has many more secrets than we'd first imagined and that overthrowing Big Brother might cost her everything but if you have nothing left to lose then you don't mind playing the game . .
This is a story about love, about family, about being a woman, a mother, a sister, a friend and ultimately about what you would sacrifice for the greater good. 'Fast-paced and suspenseful .
The Sisterhood's greatest gift, however, may be in its message of hope, capable of surmounting even the most formidable of odds and the most uncertain of futures' KATHERINE J. CHEN, author of Joan 'A gut-wrenching, heart-breaking journey through the looking glass of 1984.
The Cloisters
Katy Hays £8.99
The Secret History meets Ninth House . . .
Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping to spend her summer working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she is assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its collection of medieval and Renaissance art. Drawn into a small circle of charismatic but enigmatic researchers, Ann happy to indulge some of their more outlandish theories, including the museum's curator who is fixated on tarot and the real possibility of predicting the future.
But when Ann discovers a mysterious, once-thought lost deck of 15th-century Italian tarot cards she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous game of power, toxic friendship and ambition. And as the game being played within the Cloisters spirals out of control, Ann must decide who she trusts . .
The instant Sunday Times bestseller.
You Are Not Alone
Cariad Lloyd £10.99
NEW STATESMAN, THE TIMES AND EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 Full of sense, heart and hope . . .
the friend you need when you're grieving PHILIPPA PERRY This book is a game-changer. Read it before you need to DR KATHRYN MANNIX It's honest and warm and funny (in all the right places) JULIA SAMUEL When Cariad Lloyd was just fifteen, she became the person-whose-dad-had-died; a mess of emotions and questions. She turned to the Five Stages of Grief model for guidance, but found its framework of loss was hard to reconcile with her messy and non-linear experience of grief.
In this wise and witty book, Cariad shares her grief road map a collection of years of profound insights from experts and guests featured on her podcast, Griefcast to remind us that you cannot do grief wrong. The flexibility of the map acknowledges that no two experiences of grief are the same and assists us in building a life around our grief. So, welcome to the club.
We know you didn't ask to be here. But you will be okay. Because you are not alone.
A blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book THE TIMES Feels like a warm bath . . .
Lloyd's chatty writing style is familiar and funny NEW STATESMAN, A moving and funny meditation on loss OBSERVER
