Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry

Such a Long Journey by Rohinton MistrySuch a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and

Aboriginal people already live on that river

from the early brilliance she showed as a child in Brisbane to her later life

The text also explores the potential downsides of this modern obsession with happiness

but denied his own IRA past

where memory and possibility combine in chaos

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} The competition is underway as best friends compete for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars

Rehearse like a winner

prioritising self-care

mischievous and characterful picture book tells the tale of a little mole who wakes up one morning only to have one of the other animals 'do its business' on his head

bringing together a range of perspectives that offers the greatest celebration of First Nations manhood

the discovery that the overgrazed and damaged woods running throughout the valley are in fact one of the UK's last remaining fragments of Atlantic temperate rainforest