Cities in the sea

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Shauna Singh Baldwin

"Shauna Singh Baldwin's passionate stories dramatize the lives of Indian women from 1919 to today, from India to North America, and from the closed circle of the family to the wilderness of office and university. These women inhabit silence; by saying little, they can know everything. Some, imprisoned by silence, choke on their knowledge. Some use knowledge with bloody force against their oppressors. And some harness its power to seize their freedom."--Jacket.

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Rachel Heath

"Tacita is pretending to ignore her husband's affair; Stella can't imagine wanting any more than she has; Theresa is determined to stay so busy, she won't have time to feel guilty; Zeki hopes no-one will find out what he's up to; Jonathan swigs whisky on the commuter train, wanting to believe his children are running free through the woods in their wellies; and Sheila, a widow, mother and grandmother has disappeared. In a small English town, everyone is struggling to be the person they think they should be. But sometimes the pressure is overwhelming."--Publisher's description.

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Yvonne Whittal

There was no denying that Carl Ziegler was sensationally attractive, nor that he was very attracted to her — but where was that going to get her? Morgan Field wondered ruefully. For if she gave in to him he would break her heart and then walk away from her; he was emphatic that the last thing he wanted was any kind of commitment to any woman. Even so, how dared he use her as a cover-up for his affair with a married woman? Would Morgan ever manage to escape from this silken web he had woven around her?

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Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fourteen-year-old Angie and her mum are on the brink of homelessness ...again. The problem is her little sister, Sophie. Sophie has a form of autism, and a tendency to shriek. Home never seems to last long. Until they move in with Aunt Vi, across the fence from a huge Great Dane. Sophie falls in love, and begins to imitate the dog's calm nature.