“Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could […]
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The Night Circus
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, […]
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The Paying Guests
“She had thought she was done with all that. But here it was again: desire, like a tap left running somewhere, impossible to ignore.” Part One Frances Wray, […]
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Case Histories
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” Chapter 1: The Cold Case of Olivia Land The novel opens with the disappearance of three-year-old Olivia […]
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Life After Life
“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally got it right? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?” Part One: Early Lives The novel […]
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
“I exist!” – Ruby Lennox Chapter 1: Conception The novel opens with Ruby Lennox narrating her own conception in 1951, blending dark humor with a sharp observation of […]
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The Legacy
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner (Epigraph in The Legacy) Chapter 1: The Arrival Erica Calcott returns to her childhood home, Storton […]
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The Long Song
“You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a narrative to give the […]
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Small Island
“You know, Queenie, there are some words that once spoken can split the world in two.” Part One: Before The novel opens in 1948, introducing four main characters […]
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Brick Lane
“The world was full of doors, and all of them led to the same place.” Part One: Arrival in London Nazneen, a young Bangladeshi woman, arrives in London […]