A Boy at the Hogarth Press - Richard Kennedy (Non-fiction)
In 1928, after a rather unsuccessful education at Marlborough College, 16-year-old Richard Kennedy was put firmly under the wing of Leonard Woolf as his new protégé at the Woolfs' publishing house.
Some 40 years later, and by then a professional illustrator, he wrote his recollections of his time with Virginia and Leonard Woolf.
The Long Song - Andrea Levy
Set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed, this novel follows the life of July, a slave girl, who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity.
Small Island - Andrea Levy
Returning to England after the war Gilbert Joseph is treated very differently now that he is no longer in an RAF uniform. Joined by his wife Hortense, he rekindles a friendship with Queenie who takes in Jamaican lodgers.
Can their dreams of a better life in England overcome the prejudice they face?
Trust Me - T.M. Logan
Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train.
A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform.
Sister - Rosamund Lupton
What would you do if your sister disappeared without a trace?
This is an emotionally fraught and at some times terrifying story about two sisters and the strength that binds them.