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by Jenn Ashworth
The
Leekes are a Lancastrian family of Mormons ruled by domineering matriarch
Pauline, who, with son Gary due to return home from a two-year missionary
programme, throws herself into a fever of preparations. Meanwhile her husband
Martin dreams of escape, daughter Jeannie is hiding a terrible secret and
elder son Julian is reaching the end of his own dark journey of
self-discovery. Jenn Ashworth’s novel is an unusual take on the themes of
faith, religion and family.
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by Ayana Mathis
Pick
up this book and you’ll embark on a turbulent journey with Hattie Shepherd,
an African-American woman who migrates from Georgia in the 1920s in the hope
of a better life in Philadelphia. Over the decades she gives birth to 11
children, and it is through their experiences that Hattie’s own story is
revealed. Don’t expect a comfy family saga, though, as this mother is brimful
of a stoic seething that has endless consequences for her offspring.
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