HISTORICAL
nthedeathofpoet
TS Eliot, his muse Emily
aleslipsbetweenpast
ndpresenttotelltheir
ragicstory.Itmay
ave you grasping for
n anchor point but
he romance drives the
tory along nicely. And
ust as the complexity
f the characters draws you in, so, too,
oes the carefully crafted prose and
eferences to literary greats.
New England Affairby Steven Carroll,
RP$29.99, HarperCollinsROMANCE
ig-time actor Harrison
is reluctant to return to
his small home town,
whereas Edwina’s life
is wrapped up in her
love of the countryside
and her elderly
grandparents. How
could a romanceever
work? Explorations of
family and strong connection to place
arehighlyrelatable–andthere’splenty
ofpassiontokeepthingsinteresting!
OneMoreSongby Nicki Edwards,
RRP$29.99, Pan MacmillanDRAMA
A weekend away for
a husband and wife
begins with a strange
air of tension. He keeps
reiteratingthatthis
will be a memorable
day,thebestdayever,
butwhatishehiding?
A suspenseful and
addictive tale full of
twists and turns, chillingly told by an
unreliable narrator. It starts off slowly
but don’t let that deter you.
Best Day Everby Kaira Rouda,
RRP$29.99, HarlequinMEMOIR
There’s nothing like
delvingintothemind
of a great author, such
as Amy Tan. This very
well-executed memoir
includes excerpts from
her diaries, family
photos, sketches and
poetry. Discovering
how the characters in
Tan’s novels contain fragments of the
people in her life makes this intriguing.
Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s
Memoirby Amy Tan, RRP$32.99,
ADDITIONAL TEXT: ELLOUISE BAILEY HarperCollins
Yoursrevealstheopeninglinesofanewbookon
theshelves.Doesitmakeyouwanttoreadmore?4 Reality collides with fantasy
asDaniel attempts to understa
the world unfolding around him
in a small English village in 1944
He lives with his mother Annabe
but everyday life is a struggle wi
her husband away at war and her
inability to show love for her son.
Hans, a German POW, offers both
of them company. To Daniel he’s
the tall, strong woodchopper from
one of his stories; for Annabel
he brings light back into life. Hans,
however, has plans of his own.
The Boy Made of Snowby Chloë
Mayer, RRP$29.99, Hachette
4 As told by young Charlotte von
Kleinin Munich during 1943, this
immersive read reveals the events
of World War II through the eyes of
German civilians, brainwashed by
Hitler – but facing armageddon.
Charlotte dreams of becoming
a photographer and marrying her
sweetheart Heinrich, but her parents
discourage her from following herTheTwilightWifeby A.J. Banner, RRP$29.99, Simon & SchusterThismorning I know the scientific term for the
vermilion star,Mediaster aequalis, but I have
trouble remembering my name. I reach into the
y water to touch the sea star’s bumpy exoskeleton
nd I feel like a child full of fascination, not a 34-year-
ld marine biologist recovering from a head injury. They
ay I taught freshman classes at Seattle University but
have no memory of those days. I wonder about the
oments I’ve lost, the people I loved. We surely must
ave laughed together, lifted our glasses to celebrate
weddings, birthdays, anniversaries. I used to have a life.
But now I have only this island, the husband who stays
by my side and a peculiar recurring dream. I came
down to the water s edge today to see if I could conjure a memory but
instead I found this rare, healthy sea star, untouched by the mysterious
wasting disease ravaging sea stars along the west coast.yReviews
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Wartime
fictionpassion and encourage her to join the
regional command headquarters as
a secretary for a man named Erich.
A doctor, Heinrich is called to serve
his country just as Germany begins its
slide down the path to defeat – and
Charlotte’s life of privilege begins to
crumble around her. When Heinrich goes
missing and Erich’s family disappear,
Charlotte and her bossbond – but as
they flee Munich and head into the great
unknown in a bid to survive, loved ones
come back from the dead...
TheGirlfromMunichby Tania
Blanchard, RRP$29.99, Simon
& Schuster