Instructions for a Heatwave
Author: Maggie O’Farrell
Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O’Farrell’s beguiling novels—After You’d Gone, winner of a Betty Trask Award; The Distance Between Us, winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; The Hand That First Held Mine, winner of the Costa Novel Award; and her unforgettable bestseller The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox—blend richly textured psychological drama with….Read More
9 Books Similar to Instructions for a Heatwave
The Distance Between Us
Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of THIS MUST… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Domestic Fiction, England London
This Must Be the Place
An irresistible love story, an unforgettable family. Best-selling author Maggie O’Farrell captures an extraordinary marriage with insight and laugh-out-loud humor in what Richard Russo calls “her breakout book.” Perfect for… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction Urban Life, Genre Fiction, Historical Irish Fiction, Humor & Satire, Humorous
The Story of a Marriage
From the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco.“We think we know the ones we love.”… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Housewives, LGBT Historical Fiction, LGBT Literary Fiction, Love Stories
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt… Continue Reading Posted in: Domestic Fiction, Historical Literary Fiction, Historical Scottish Fiction, Irish Fiction In English 21st Century, Psychological Fiction
Notes from an Exhibition
When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies painting obsessively in her attic studio in Penzance, her saintly husband and adult children have more than the usual mess to clear up. She… Continue Reading Posted in: LGBT Literary Fiction, Mothers Death, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Literary Fiction, Wives
Second Honeymoon
A walk down the aisle, a resort hotel, a drink on the beach...for these unlucky couples, the honeymoon's over.A newlywed couple steps into the sauna in their deluxe honeymoon suite--and… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Crime, Serial Killer Thrillers, Serial Killers, Widowers
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