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Three Days In June By Anne Tyler
In Three Days in June, Anne Tyler returns to the intimate terrain she knows best: family, marriage and the small, revealing moments that reshape lives. The novel unfolds over a tightly contained timeframe, centring on Gail Baines, a middle-aged woman navigating a fraught period that coincides with her daughter’s wedding. Over three days, past and present collide as Gail faces unexpected disruptions, including the reappearance of her ex-husband. As tensions surface, long-buried grievances and affections are examined with Tyler’s characteristic…
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House of Splinters by Laura Purcell
Laura Purcell’s House of Splinters is an atmospheric work of historical gothic fiction, steeped in unease, moral ambiguity and slow-building dread. Set in Victorian England, the novel follows Dr Agnes Metcalfe, a woman carving out a rare professional role as a physician in a male-dominated world. When she becomes involved with a children’s home and a series of disturbing cases, she is drawn into a web of secrets that challenge both her scientific beliefs and her sense of control.
Purcell excels…
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