Virago

Product Description 'A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit' DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud AtlasThe vividly told, gloriously illustrated memo...

Review Luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young-and mature-woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six ...

Review Poignant, funny and beautifully unabashed, I Might Regret This takes readers on both a cross-the-country adventure and a deep dive into Abb...

Product Description 'A leading new voice on racial justice' LAYLA SAAD, author of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACYA REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK...

Review Sarah Dunant's sparkling novel, In the Name of the Family, is girded by a keen political intelligence and a stunning feel for Italy in the ...

Product Description '[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama'Marilynne Robinson is one of the greatest ...

INTRODUCED BY JILLY COOPER 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN 'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbrea...

About the Author Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (Jonah's Gourd Vine, 1934; Their ...

Review Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival ― JAMES BALDWIN Maya Angelou writes from the heart and her language rings clear an...

She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' Anne TylerLess Than Angels follows the loves, works...

Review An endearing first novel ― ELLE Beautifully written in precise, poetic prose that successfully evokes the love of like for like ― OBSERVER...

Review A fascinating exploration about the power of prophecy, of labels, and of one woman's determination to defy them all. Blair is a rebel, an a...

Review Extraordinary . . . a jaw-dropper of a memoir -- Viv Groskop ― RedA brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman -- P...

Review It's always a treat to read Elizabeth Taylor. Mossy Trotter is a real gem. A delightfully mischievous boy living in those long-ago halc...

In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the to...

Review Gibbons's heroines are plucky, determined and quietly hedonistic. But she can do melancholy with the best of them, too, not to mention ...

Product Description **I HAVE NOT BEEN AS PROFOUNDLY MOVED BY A BOOK IN YEARS' JODI PICOULT****I LOVED THIS BOOK MORE THAN I CAN SAY**NIGELLA LAWS...

Product Description Owls Do Cry is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, w...

Product Description Palmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atla...

About the Author Attia Hosain (1913-1998) was born in Lucknow and educated at La Martiniere and Isabella Thoburn College, blending an English ...

Product Description 'Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase ...

From our greatest novelist of Renaissance Italy comes Sacred Hearts, a stunning tale of passion, betrayal and music set in an enclosed convent in 1...