The beast’s garden Kate Forsythe Vintage Books 2015 The story: Ava is a young German, living in Berlin during the Second World War. She is deeply concerned about her closest friends, who are Jews, and does what she can to look after them. She marries a Nazi officer, Leo, in order to save her father.… Continue reading The beast’s garden
Category: Adult Fiction
Burial rites
Burial rites Hannah Kent Picador, Pan Macmillan Australia 2013 The story: Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a young Icelandic woman is destined for execution for murdering two men in 1829. The story of exactly what happened leading up to the night of the murders is told in a few ways – official letters, short poems, witness testimonials,… Continue reading Burial rites
Go set a watchman
Go set a watchman Harper Lee 2015 William Heinemann The story: This book, of course, follows the same characters from To kill a mockingbird, published in 1960. This time, the setting is the same in Maycomb, Alabama but twenty-six year-old Jean-Louise Finch is no longer called Scout and she is merely visiting her father, Atticus,… Continue reading Go set a watchman
The eye of the sheep
The eye of the sheep Sofie Laguna Allen and Unwin 2014 Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin award The story: Jimmy is the narrator – we meet him when he is six and the novel ends when he’s eleven. Jimmy sees the world differently from other kids – he counts sheep to fall asleep, he… Continue reading The eye of the sheep