![]() The story revolves around a young woman who is drafted to transcribe conversations among a group of fascists that have been infiltrated by MI5. The book immediately transports you back to London in the 1940s and 50s. ![]() It’s funny how some books can immediately grab hold of you and cast you under their spell. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country’s most exceptional writers. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. ‘Think of it as an adventure, Perry had said right at the beginning of all this. THE MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL BY BESTSELLING AWARD-WINNING KATE ATKINSON ![]()
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Small was part of a group of female writers, known collectively as "The Avon Ladies" (others were greats like Johanna Lindsey and Rosemary Rogers), who transformed the romance novel in the late '70s, taking it from tame and sexless (think Barbara Cartland) to fiery and sensual - and creating some of the first classics of modern romance. Martin, we had Bertrice Small, the romance legend and industry pioneer who died Tuesday at 77. ![]() How?ĭecades before Fifty Shades of Grey and George R.R. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Skye O'Malley Author Bertrice Small ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, why do we see a scary monster in the doorway when it’s just a bathrobe hanging on the door? And why is there always room for dessert at the end of a huge meal? And why did I just come into this room anyway? 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I know many of you have been waiting for the day we start talking about the special Tenth-Anniversary Leatherbound Edition of Warbreaker. ![]() From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Warbreaker Leatherbound Preorders Adam here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a famous person on social media, not only does April May have a massive following and a sort-of girlfriend, she has a scary number of fanatical detractors who might want to see her dead. They figure they may as well cash in on it and brand April May as defender of the Carls, promoting the viewpoint that these aliens, yes, aliens, are on Earth for peaceful reasons. Carls have appeared all over the world, but April May and Andy got the scoop. 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