Book type: fiction (4077)


3951.

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last 10 years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is 39 years old, a mother of three children and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves. By the author of Three Wishes. 30,000 first printing.

3952.

What Is Home, Mum? by Sabba Khan EN

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Country: Asia / Pakistan flag Pakistan
Description:
Sabba Khan's debut graphic memoir explores what identity, belonging and memory mean for her and her family against the backdrop of history. As a second-generation Pakistani migrant in East London, Khan paints a vivid snapshot of contemporary British Asian life and investigates the complex shifts experienced by different generations within migrant communities, creating an uplifting and universal story that crosses borders and decades. Race, gender and class are explored in a compelling and personal narrative, illuminated by an eloquent minimal style and architectural page design.

3953.

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
"Sublime. A striking and formidable novel by one of our most brilliant writers and storytellers." --Edwidge Danticat The earth had buckled and, in that movement, all that was not in its place fell upon the earth's children, upon the blameless as well as the guilty, without discrimination.

3954.

What Strange Paradise : A novel by Omar El Akkad EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War—a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. "Told from the point of view of two children, on the ground and at sea, the story so astutely unpacks the us-versus-them dynamics of our divided world that it deserves to be an instant classic." —The New York Times Book Review More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk und... continue

3955.

What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Algeria flag Algeria
Description:
As a young man Younes' life is irrevocably changed when he leaves his broken home for the vibrant, colourful and affluent European district of Rio Salado. Renamed Jonas, he begins a new life and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake.

3956.

What the River Knows : A Novel by Isabel Ibañez EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Set in 1884, nineteen-year-old Inez travels to Egypt after the sudden death of her parents to uncover the truth about their deaths, and as she attempts to unravel the mysteries her parents sought, she becomes a pawn in a larger game that threatens to kill her.

3957.

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life. What are you looking for? This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves--but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who walks through her door, Komachi can sense exactly what they're looking for in life and provide just the book recommendation they never knew they neede... continue

3958.

When All Is Said : A Novel by Anne Griffin EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
One of Goodreads' 43 Most Anticipated Reads of 2019 “Beautiful. Intimate. Tearful. Aching and lyrical. So simply and beautifully told.” –Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author "I'm here to remember–all that I have been and all that I will never be again." If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass to each of them, what would you say? And what would you learn about yourself, when all is said? At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He’s alone, as usual - though tonight is anything b... continue

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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Cambodia flag Cambodia
Description:
A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed. Reprint.

3960.

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places : A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts EN

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Country: Asia / Vietnam flag Vietnam
Description:
Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind.