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August’s book selection
This month highlights strong women in the selected books with a witty story about the life of an extraordinary woman as told through her letters, an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice in a murder case, and a lyrebird as witness to a murder with two determined women investigating the 20-year-old case.
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May’s book selection
In May, choose from a book that connects a pre-flu world and Year Twenty after global collapse, with 99% of people gone, and asks how you would protect that new world; another book that questions whether the wolves killed the farmer, and if not, who did; and a final book about art, romance, and people’s secrets in a remote farmhouse in Provence.
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April’s book selection
Mystery permeates April’s book selection which includes the story of a mysterious woman washed ashore on a remote island, the true tale of a seemingly happy husband of 20 years leaving his wife for reasons unknown, and a book about a highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon whose patient disappears.
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March’s book selection
In March our selection includes a tale about a café offering its customers a unique experience, a story about six astronauts who witness shows of spectacular beauty, and a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person.
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Recommended reading: ‘Strangers’ by Belle Burden
I really enjoyed this book - take a look and see if you might like it too. Cheers, Jen. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN VOGUE, BBC, NEW YORK TIMES, W MAGAZINE, TOWN & COUNTRY 'A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship' Joyce Carol Oates...
February’s book selection
February’s books include the story of a Harvard archivist who returns home after twenty years to a haunted house in Maine filled with secrets, a woman whose husband disappeared and wasn’t who he said he was, and a fierce friendship between a local and ‘summer’ girl with both inseparable until one turns up dead.
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