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Animal Dreams
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 1991
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Love story set in fictional Grace Arizona
Synopsis 158 words
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16 Aug '24
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16 Aug '24
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fiction
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A Room Made of Leaves
Author :
Kate Grenville
Published: 2020
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18th Cnetury Young woman from Bridgerule marries and emigrates to Australia where whe finally achieves independence
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11 Jul '24
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11 Jul '24
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fiction
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Light Over Liskeard
Author :
Louis de Bernieres
Published: 2023
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No summary or synopsis available
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24 Apr '24
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24 Apr '24
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fiction
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Fearsum Endjum
Author :
Iain M Banks
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Life intersecting with a virtual world in a future
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26 Mar '24
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26 Mar '24
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fiction
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Prophet Song
Author :
Paul Lynch
Published: 2023
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Civil war in modern Ireland from pov of woman trying to protect her family
Synopsis 215 words
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17 Jan '24
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17 Jan '24
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fiction
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Pigs in Heaven
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 1993
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Follow on from The Bean Trees, Taylor and Turtle's journey continues as Turtle is introduced to her roots
Synopsis 202 words
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30 Nov '23
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30 Nov '23
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fiction
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Demon Copperhead
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2022
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Growing up in Tennessee mountain fly-over country
Synopsis 68 words
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22 Aug '23
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22 Aug '23
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fiction
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The Glass Hotel
Author :
Emily St.John Mandel
Published: 2020
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Brother and sister from late teens to 30's - one dies, the other doesn't
Synopsis 134 words
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25 Jul '23
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25 Jul '23
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fiction
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Bear Witness
unlisted author
Published: 2013
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Releasing bears into the wild and the sex-life of a young female scientist
Synopsis 335 words
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08 Jul '23
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8 Jul '23
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fiction
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Oryx and Crake
Author :
Margaret Atwood
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Dystopian post-deluvian future based on genetic engneering
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01 Jul '23
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1 Jul '23
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fiction
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The Bean Trees
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 1988
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Young woman escapes from life in Oklahoma and is given an indian baby on the way - they end up in Arizona
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01 Jun '23
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1 Jun '23
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fiction
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The Silence of the Girls
Author :
Pat Barker
Published: 2018
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Troy. Captured Trojan queen recounts her life as Achilles's prize in the Greek camp besieging Troy.
Synopsis 56 words
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16 Apr '23
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16 Apr '23
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fiction
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Unsheltered
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2018
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Twin stories from 1880s and 2010s of a house (possibly the same house) falling apart with the occupants lives.
Synopsis 279 words
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24 Dec '22
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24 Dec '22
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fiction
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Last Stories
Author :
William Trevor
Published: 2018
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Stories close to death
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01 Aug '21
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1 Aug '22
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fiction
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Circe
Author :
Madeline Miller
Published: 2018
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The true story of a minor goddess
Synopsis 359 words
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16 Jul '22
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16 Jul '22
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fiction
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Hamnet
Author :
Maggie O'Farrell
Published: 2020
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Shakespeare's son who died aged 9 and became the hero of a tragedy
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24 Jun '22
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24 Jun '22
22 Jun '22
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fiction
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Small Pleasures
Author :
Clare Chambers
Published: 2020
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1957 life in SE London/Kent
Synopsis 118 words
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15 Sep '21
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15 Sep '21
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fiction
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Flight Behaviour
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
A modern fable of the effects of changes and relationships
Synopsis 10 words
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24 May '13
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24 May '13
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fiction
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The Lacuna
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Wonderful story of child of Mexican mother and American father growing up through first half of 20th Century, between USA and Mexico, working as Trotsky's secretary, involved with Diego Riera (and wife), becoming a succesful writer and represent ...
Synopsis 52 words
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04 Dec '10
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4 Dec '10
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fiction
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Prodigal Summer
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Feb '02
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Feb 2002
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fiction
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