Northern Life Book Club – Spring 24

LOST IN THE LAKES

BY TOM CHESSHYRE

Join travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide-open valleys and magnificent lakes – stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way – as you hike with Tom across landscape that so inspired the Romantic poets. Take in remote parts of the parkland that many tourists miss, and enjoy encounters aplenty with farmers, fell runners and fellow hikers and even going for a (chilly) dip in Derwentwater.

£10.99. Summersdale Publishing. Out Now.

 

THE MYRTLE TREE

BY KABBER BARRAS

In the Turkish mountains, twenty-first-century espionage clashes with biblical tales. Ed Bennett retires from the Forces and is headed for a well-earned vacation with his fiancée, Esther. Under surveillance and only days into their stay, Esther is abducted. Kaber is from a small town not far from Blackpool and started writing after suffering from PTSD and depression.

£10.99. Published by Matador. Out now.

 

TELLING TALES

BY MARIANNA MICHELL

Marianna Michell was brought up in a corner of Lancashire in the 50s and 60s. The largely rural district of Briercliffe links Burnley and Nelson, though her ill named village of Lane Bottom is on th’edge o’t moor. In this delightful little book, Marianna tells tales of her memories of this pastoral landscape merged with moorland that remains as beautiful now as they were back then.

£9.30. Published by Quacks Books. Out now.

 

WHEN GRUMPY MET SUNSHINE

BY CHARLOTTE STEIN

An opposites-attract, steamy romance featuring undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous and very sunshine-y ghostwriter from Leeds-based author Charlotte Stein. When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he will never be able to write them. And so, in walks curvy, cheery, cute-as-heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker.

£8.99. Published by Pan. Out now.

 

NICOLE’S WAR

BY ANDRÉE RUSHTON

Set against the backdrop of France during the Second World War, University of York alum Andrée Rushton took inspiration from the stories her mother told her about her escape from Paris only days before the Nazis arrived. Through the novel, Andrée explores the question: What if her mother had never escaped?

£9.99. Published by Troubador Publishing. Out now.

 

THE HOUSEHOLD

BY STACEY HALLS

In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life – but how badly do they want it?

£16.99. Published by Manilla Press. Out 11th April.

NorthernLife March/April/May 24