Monthly Archives: April, 2010
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Waterstones Synopsis: Her uncle, known as The Mouth, is head of the church, responsible for the harsh laws and cruel ‘shunning’, yet that doesn’t stop Nomi falling for the town’s most unsuitable boy – Travis. In such a secretive and god-fearing community, Nomi finds it impossible to find ways to express her many and growing [...]
Share on FacebookWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Waterstones Synopsis: “Wuthering Heights” is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. After Mr Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only [...]
Share on FacebookMy Father’s Notebook by Kader Abdolah
This book is translated by: Susan Massotty Waterstones Synopsis: On a holy mountain in the depths of Persia, there is a cave with a mysterious cuneiform carving deep inside it. Aga Akbar, a deaf-mute boy from the mountain, develops his own private script from these symbols and writes passionately of his life, his family and [...]
Share on FacebookThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Waterstones Synopsis: Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them. I [...]
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