The Hummingbird Effect

Kate Mildenhall

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread and their determination to shape their own stories, from the acclaimed author of The Mother Fault.   One of the lucky few with a job during the Depression, Peggy’s just starting out in life. She’s a baggin...

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

Hilary Mantel

'I breathed in stories, as soon as I breathed in air. Sometimes I think I wasn't born, but I just came out of an ink blot.' As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she f...