Please make your first and second choices in the comments box below.
As soon as I've collated the votes, I'll announce the most popular on the Purple Coo main site and the most popular becomes our Purple Coo Book Club Spring Read 2013
Anna
Kerenia by Leo Tolstoy
Much more
than just a doomed love affair between the society beauty Anna and the specious
Count Vronsky. To my mind this is one of the greatest Russian novels ever
written.
Case
Histories by Kate Atkinson
The first one of her brilliant Jackson Brodie books. A most complex
and moving literary detective novel. Back on the list by popular
demand.
Heartstone by C J Sansom
An historical crime novel set in 16th century, during
the reign of King Henry VIII. Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal
case by an old servant of Queen Cathering Parr.
My Policeman by Bethan Roberts
The dual narratives of Marion and Patrick reveal the painful, tragic
story of their sham marriage. It is a tale of wasted years, misguided love and thwarted
hope at the time when Britain was on the verge of change. A raw and tender
novel about a dismal age.
Wesley:
The Story of a Remarkable Owl by Stacey O'Brien.
The true tale of a young owl brought up by a human. A very moving and beautifully told story. A young biologist takes on the care of a young owlet with a damaged wing and so starts a funny, poignant story of their two decades together. A most remarkable 19year saga. Lots of photographs too, from a helpless ball of 4 day old fluff, to gorgeous golden and white adulthood. A complex, heart-warming, emotional story.
Remember Me by Lesley Pearse
A triumphant tale of one woman’s struggle over adversity. In 1786 a fisherman’s daughter from Cornwall is sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence is commuted and she is transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there.
The Shoemakers Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Fate separates two young lovers Ciro and Enza. They have to leave their homes in the Italian Alps at the turn of the century, to start new lives apart in America. Fate intervenes and reunites them, but is it too late? Ciro is off to war in Europe, Enza is about to forge an impressive career as a seamstress in the Metropolitan Opera. Their lives are very different.
