WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham – aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of…
‘A must-read for anyone who cares about women’s equality’ Sheryl Sandberg ‘A flame-thrower for the rights of women who live under the thumb of repression and injustice’ Tina Brown BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE…
By the author of The Handmaid’s Tale and Alias Grace Zenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man’s dream and a woman”s nightmare. She is also dead….
Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life – by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women’s rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia….
‘How I loved reading Liv Stroemquist’s Fruit of Knowledge. Mostly, this was down to its sheer, punchy brilliance … If her strips are clever, angry, funny and righteous, they’re also informative to an eye-popping degree…
‘When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island – they never choose the Delaneys. They don’t even choose us one by…
A tale of love and adventure on the high seas from the internationally bestselling author of Rebecca The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will…
‘Mercurially funny, playful and mischievous’ Ali Smith ‘I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an angel . . . just blissful’ Stephen Fry A novel of ‘pure delight’ (Claire Tomalin)…
