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• The Bandit Queens

  Shroff, Parini,

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  A very witty and funny novel about the complexities and intersections of gender and caste in rural India. Shroff explores the legacy of India's Bandit Queen, Phoolan Devi, through her female characters, one of whom is feared and revered for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Correspondent

  Evans, Virginia, 1986-

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  A moving and beautifully structured book about ageing, grief and coming to terms with one's past. The novel is told through letters, which creates a very intimate reading experience.

• Flashlight

  Choi, Susan, 1969-

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  Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this saga of a Korean-American family spans four decades and moves between Korea, Japan and the United States. A story of exile and loss, the author explores historical injustices committed by North Korea.

• The Knowing

  Talaga, Tanya,

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  Award-winning author Tanya Talaga examines the oppression and genocide of First Nations Peoples through the lens of her own family history, starting with her great-great-grandmother Annie Carpenter.

• The Lion Women of Tehran

  Kamali, Marjan,

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  This novel is a poignant story of two female friends whose paths in life diverge as they confront the brutal realities of the Iranian regime. This book pays tribute to the women who courageously fought for freedom and continue to do so.

• The Resistance Painter

  Jonathan, Kath,

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  Toronto-based author Kath Jonathan explores the Polish resistance during the Second World War from the perspective of Irena Marianowka, a young women who risks her life guiding Jewish families through the sewers. Based on the life of a real woman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Small Things Like These

  Keegan, Claire,

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  An examination of the dark secrets held within a small Irish town and the moral dilemma faced by a very ordinary but good man. Another achingly beautiful novel by Claire Keegan, the award-winning author of Foster.

• Three Days in June

  Tyler, Anne,

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  Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler is back with another exquisite family drama that unfolds over the three-day wedding of Gail and Max's daughter. The wedding precipitates Gail's reckoning with her past as the family forges a new future together.

• Trust

  Díaz, Hernán, 1973-

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  Awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this novel is about a wealthy financier and his wife in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. The four different sections/texts that make up the novel keep the reader guessing as to whose narrative…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Dark Shore

  McConaghy, Charlotte,

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  This thriller involves a shipwreck, an isolated island, an eccentric family and ghosts. As if this weren't enough, the spectre of climate collapse pervades this mystery about a woman who washes up on an island with many buried secrets. Recommended…Read moreRead more of this annotation