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Fine Autumn reads
From insightful non-fiction to exciting page-turners, here are the books to fall in love with this autumn.
THE PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley
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This compelling thriller is set in an old apartment block, far from the charm of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine. At No 21 Rue des Amants, nothing goes unseen and everyone from the watchful concierge to the prying journalist and the naive student has a story to unlock. But behind the door of apartment three lies the mystery of a murder.
ELIZABETH FINCH by Julian Barnes
Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration. With careful empathy, she guided her students to develop meaningful ideas and discover their centres of seriousness in her Culture and Civilisation course. As a former student unpacks Finch’s notebooks, her ideas unlock the philosophies of the past and explore key events that show us how to make sense of our lives today.
AGAIN, RACHEL by Marian Keyes
Back in the ‘90s, Rachel Walsh was a mess. But a stint in rehab transformed everything. Nowadays, Rachel has love, family, a great job as an addiction counsellor, and she even gardens. But with the sudden reappearance of a man she once loved, her life wobbles. She thought she was settled. Is she about to discover that no matter our age, everything can change?
THE MAID by Nita Prose
Molly is used to being invisible in her job as a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows and wiping away the grime and dust. But she is thrown into the spotlight when she discovers an infamous guest dead in his bed. As she becomes embroiled in the hunt for the truth, she discovers a power she never knew was there.
THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN THE WORLD by Gina Rushton
Award-winning journalist Gina Rushton analyses the role of motherhood in society today, and the competing forces that draw us towards and away from it. How do we consider creating a new life on a planet facing catastrophic climate change? How do we reassess the gender roles we have been assigned? How do we balance ascending careers with declining fertility? How do we know if we want to go it alone, or if we don’t want to do it at all?
