Imagine a bookstore that only sold good novels—not commercial drivel or fluffy installments of the latest teen series, but interesting fiction gathered together by book-loving people who refuse to pander to bestseller lists. Essentially, a reader's version of heaven.
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If you think that Twilight was the best book since The Da Vinci Code, then Horse, Flower, Bird is probably not the book for you. But if you're the sort of person who enjoys listening to curious music on late night FM radio, prefers films that were not made in Hollywood to those that were, and likes to drive different routes home just because …
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This pleasantly engaging debut is about family, tradition, stories and following one's heart. Saira Qader has grown up in LA with her traditional Indo-Pak parents. Though her older sister, Ameena, has always been virtuous and obedient, Saira has a rebellious streak.
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To Hell With Cronjé is Ingrid Winterbach's literary examination of one of the turning points of South African history: the Second Boer War of 1899‒1902. The wars between Britain and the fledgling, and doomed, Boer nation have been largely ignored in English language literature …
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Kei Yanagimoto's husband walked out without explanation and without a breath of further contact with her or their three year old daughter, leaving her in a strange limbo for twelve years …
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