Readalong Archive
The Secret History of Audrey James
The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall - Inspired by true stories of courageous women and the German resistance during WWII, this is a captivating story about the unbreakable bonds of friendship and family.
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner - A surprise phone call from her late fiance's family sends Vivien Lowry of Bloomsbury Girls off on her next adventure. Struggling as a playwright, she moves to Italy both to reckon with her past and create a new future as a script-writer at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper by Genevieve Graham - Inspired by the real-life stories of women in World War II, The Secret Keeper is an extraordinary novel about the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood and the light of courage during the darkest of nights.
The Shape Of Her
The Shape Of Her by Anne Lauppe-Dunbar - The Shape of Her novel is a thrilling and fraught journey across a country haunted by its brutal past where secrecy and double-dealing hold sway.
The Girl From London
The Girl From London by Olivia Spooner - A captivating, heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
Bloomsbury Girls
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner - One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all.
All The Light We Cannot See
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See traces the stories of three characters whose lives intersect during the bombing of the German-occupied French town of Saint-Malo in August 1944. Marie-Laure Leblanc grows up in Paris, where her father, Daniel Leblanc, works as a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History.
Yours Cheerfully
Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce - Every bit as funny, heartwarming, and touching as AJ Pearce's debut, Dear Mrs Bird, Yours Cheerfully is a celebration of friendship, a testament to the strength of women and the importance of lifting each other up, even in the most challenging times.
The Paris Library
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles - Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris - with its thriving community of students, writers and book lovers - is a dream come true. When war is declared, the Library is determined to remain open. But then the Nazis invade Paris, and everything changes.
Franci’s War
Franci’s War by Franci Rabinek Epstein - A Holocaust memoir by a secular Czechoslovakian Jew who was 22 when she was rounded up with her family to be deported to Terezín in 1942—only the first step of her wartime misery. Epstein (1920-1989) wrote this brief, striking memoir in the mid-1970s, largely for the benefit of her children.
Those Who Are Loved
Those Who Are Loved by Victoria Hislop - The gripping new novel by Sunday Times Number One bestseller Victoria Hislop is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars.