Modern and Contemporary

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'Bittersweet ... dazzling' Guardian 'Deeply pleasurable ... the ending made me cry' The Times

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's ...

Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life - except when there is a crisis at work, a leak in the roof or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? Nora has never New York...

'Nobody writes about family tensions better than Joanna Trollope' Good HousekeepingAn Unsuitable Match, by number one bestselling author Joanna Trollope, is an a uplifting story of love, family and second chances.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2015 Four-thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill...

When fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, they soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by a sudden storm.

'Donald combines historical events and fictional characters to superb effect, in a novel that deserves to win prizes' The Sunday Times 'Remarkably accomplished . . . the most appealing, original protagonist I've read for some time . . . Donald's d

Compassionate, thoughtful and perceptive, Kerry is aware that he is different to most other young men. It is only after a series of life-changing events, however, that he realises how different he really is.