Spring Reads

Spring has sprung and what better way to welcome the sunshine with none other than some spring reads. 

Where the Crawdads Sing:

• Historical Fiction

• 384 pages

In Barkley Cove, for many years there have been rumours of a “marsh girl”. In the fishing village lives Kya in the wild who doesn't fit in with society. Fast forward to 1969, popular boy Chase is found dead and everyone suspects the marsh girl is at play. The story delves into Kya’s life as a born naturalist and learning the dishonesty of the real way of the world. With romance and love blooming, she yearns for two young men in the town.

Where the Wildflowers Grow:

• Romantic Fiction

• 496 pages

A story of survival and redemption follows Leigh. She is the last of her family and grief haunts her. As she carries on surviving, she is taken to prison careens which leads to killing everyone on board. But it is in her nature. Now she has to hide. Finding a sanctuary at a flower farm in rural Alabama she is away from the world. A family that has faced their own tragedies, she learns to bloom and heal. But those secrets can only catch up to her eventually. 

Kin:

• Historical Fiction

• 368 pages

Sisters, Vernice and Annie are motherless living in Louisiana. Luckily they have been raised by friends and neighbours and most of all their fierce aunt who wants to give them a stable home. Vernice has plans to go to college and becomes connected with a new sisterhood of black women and ends up marrying into an affluent family. In the background is Annie who is abandoned by her mother. Her fixation on finding her leaves nothing but a hole. She sets off on a journey to go into a world of adversity but as well adventure. Leading her to a battle of her life. 

Counting Down to You:

• Magical Realism 

• 410 pages

Sophie has the power to know how long people have left to live. She has always seen numbers.  Which means when it comes to dating she has worked out that she will not date anyone that has a total of 20,000 days or less. Which equates to 55 years. But her first love has come back into her life and she knows he only has 24 days left. She has tried and failed but nothing is working in her romantic relationships. But she feels alive with Adam. Now she is left with lots of question marks.

Daisy Chain Flower Shop:

• Romance

• 384 pages

Daisy has always been lucky in love. She has catered for many weddings that only end up in divorce, some would say she is cursed.  When new resident Elliot joins the scene he has  brought his own relationship turmoil along. Noting to avoid the flower shop at all costs. When his family comes to visit he is led to the flower shop. When the two meet it may lead to something they least expect, especially if they aren't looking. 

Things We Don’t Tell The People We Love:

• Short Stories

• 182 pages

A collection of stories from parent relationships, loss, growing up and apart. This exposes the silence between families and ourselves. From a daughter asking her mother to shut up, to silence her forever and a wife walking away from her relationship because she is not understood. The themes of loneliness and secret but having the desire to belong to another, intertwines all the stories together.