How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down?Ĭan’t wait for the paperback? Reserve in hardback now. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. It shows what brings us together, through love, through the clashes of what we want to do and what the world wants to do with us.Īvailable to reserve in paperback from mid-April:įrom the publisher: It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. Written in four parts, this book explores the strata and sediment of a single place and time. There is time now to see the human dramas within a hundred yards (an abduction, a quiet breakdown, an outbreak of violence) to wait for the weather to change to understand that what lies underneath this part of the city are seasonally wet pastures and woodlands. An underground river is discovered an urban grove of trees emerges. However, Eva must also conceal the truth of her own identity, for if she is discovered, she will be in greater danger than she could ever have imagined.įrom the publisher: When a pandemic strikes, and a country’s whole population is told to close the doors and stay inside, the reality of a few streets in a capital city emerges.

Soon she starts to wonder whether the house itself is trying to give up the secrets of its mysterious past - secrets that Dante seems so determined to keep hidden. On the outside, the forces of fascism are accelerating, but in her new home, Eva fears that something else is at work, whispering in the walls and leaving mysterious marks on Dante's young daughter.

As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife. Her honour is further tarnished when she is taken as an unwilling concubine by King William's ruthless younger brother Henry, who later ascends the throne under suspicious circumstances.įrom the publisher: Rome, 1938. The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. New hardback fiction: All available to reserve from mid-Aprilįrom the publisher: Wales, 1093. We also bring you our usual selection of new books out in hardback, paperback and digital formats this month. This month we have ideas for reading that embraces the season of spring, from an uplifting story by Jessica Redland (Spring Tides at the Starfish Café) to a new compendium of spring-themed short stories by Agatha Christie (Sinister Spring) both of which are perfect for warmer days and shorter nights.

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