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Extract: The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce

This entry was posted on 12 May 2025.

During a sweltering European heatwave, Goose and his sisters reunite
at their family home in Italy after their artist father’s sudden death. His
masterpiece is missing, and so are the answers they seek. Once a
close-knit group, the siblings uncover unsettling truths about their father,
his young new wife, and each other. Tensions rise, long-buried secrets
surface, and the family begins to fracture under the weight of grief, rivalry,

Extract: The Nicotine Gospel by Sven Axelrad

This entry was posted on 12 May 2025.

When Nate and Danny’s mother is killed by lightning on New Year’s Eve 
1987, their eccentric father copes by inventing the Nicotine Gospel – his
theory that a man’s cigarette choice reveals everything. Desperate for 
connection, the boys embrace his odd teachings. But as Nate thrives and
Danny spirals, the cracks in their family deepen. Years later, the estranged
brothers reunite for a road trip to their father’s funeral, confronting grief,

Extract: We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle

This entry was posted on 12 May 2025.

We Can Do Hard Things is a guidebook for navigating life’s hardest
roads – love, grief, parenting, aging, and everything in between.
Glennon Doyle, alongside her sister Amanda and wife Abby, turned
to honest conversations during a year of crisis, asking 118 remarkable
people to share hard-won wisdom. What they found is simple but
profound: no matter what we’re going through, someone else has

Extract: Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

This entry was posted on 12 May 2025.

Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon with Murtagh, 
a gripping epic set a year after the Inheritance Cycle. Exiled and
mistrusted,Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, must
navigate a land scarred by the fall of a tyrant they once served.
Rumours of dark forces rising send them on a perilous journey
through familiar and uncharted lands to confront a cunning witch
with secrets of her own. With brains, brawn, and fire, Murtagh