Rowena Snow, a woman of Scottish-Asian parentage but brought up as an orphan dreams of Heligoland, once mentioned in the Shipping Forecast but now apparently lost forever.
Tag: Childhood
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
Dancer by Colum McCann
This novels follows Rudolf, a prodigy at six years old, who became the greatest dancer of the century, who redefined dance, rewrote his own life.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a dazzling piece of writing that lives long in the mind after the last page is finished.
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
' I'm not most kids. I'm Louis Drax. Stuff happens to me that shouldn't happen, like going on a picnic where you drown '
Before the Storm by Diane Chamberlain
What if your child was accused of mass murder?
A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk.
Blue Eyed Boy by Joanne Harris
'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.'
Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
With over a million copies sold worldwide, this captivating debut is a story of the sacrificies one boy makes for love and for his country.