Islanders by Cathy Thomas @viragoBooks @_cathythomas @meetbookgirl #Islanders#cathythomas #bookreview #bookblog #theClqrt #shortstories #recommendedreading

Virago June 2022 Book Description Annie needs to lose her virginity, so she's waiting in a car park for Paul. Paul needs drugs for the party, but he's got to keep an eye on his sister, Josie. Josie needs a father figure. Or that's how it seems to her driving instructor, Neil. Eva needs to…

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans @PicadorBooks #ShortStories #TheClqrt #TheOfficeofHistoricalCorrections #BookReview #BookBlog

Picador Books February 2020 Book Description Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture…

Women by Mihail Sebastian @VikingBooksUk #PenguinEuropeanWriters #Women #MihailSebastian #BookReview #BlogTour #TheClqrt #BookBlogger

Viking Books 5th November 2020 Book Description Stefan Valeriu, a young Romanian student, holidays alone in the Alps, where he soon becomes entangled in romantic relationships with three different women who pass through his guesthouse.  We follow Stefan after his return to Paris as he reflects on the women in his life, at times playing…

All That Man Is by David Szalay @JonathanCape @BloggersHut #BloggersHutRT #TheClqrt #BookReview #Fiction #ShortStories #20BooksofSummer #AllThatManIs #DavidSzalay

Jonathan Cape 2016 Book Description Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving - in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel - to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now.…

UNDERGROUND Tales for London: Stories Inspired by the Tube @BoroughPress #ShortStories #BookReview #BookBlog

Borough Press August 2018 Book Description EVERY LINE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY A troubled young woman travels across London to end an abusive relationship.  An agitated father gets lost in the city with an injured toddler.  Two men - who unknowingly cross paths every day - finally meet one life-changing afternoon.  A sudden death on…

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks @WmHeinemann @TomHanks #UncommonType #ShortStories #Fiction #BookReview

October 2017 William Heinemann Book Description A small town newspaper columnist with old fashioned views of the modern world. A World War 2 veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second – rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends travelling to the moon in a rocket ship…

Roar by Cecilia Ahern @Cecelia_Ahern @HarperCollinsUK @AbbieEsalter #HearUsRoar #CeceliaAhern #ROAR #BookReview

Harper Collins November 2018 Book Description Have you ever imagined a different life? Have you ever stood at a crossroads undecided? Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar? The women in these startlingly original stories are all of us: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, the women…

The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon @mark_haddon @vintagebooks @penguinRHUK @PenguinUKBooks #the pierfalls #shortstories #markhaddon

2016 Vintage Books Short stories by the author of A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime and A Spot of Bother caught my eye on a recent library visit.  Rave reviews on the cover... This is a top-notch collection...It veers into unexpected territory and the evolving surprises are mesmerising... 'The Pier Falls' leads…