Rose Tremain Best Novels - April 2024

The Road Home: A Novel

In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev makes his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and his little daughter. After a spell of homelessness, he finds a job in the kitchen of a posh restaurant and a room in the house of an appealing Irishman who has already lost his family. Never mind that Lev must sleep in a bunk bed surrounded by plastic toys--he has found a friend and shelter. However constricted his life in England remains, he compensates by daydreaming of home, by having an affair with a younger restaurant worker, and by trading ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316002623
• ASIN: 0316002623
• ISBN: 0316002623
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Restoration: A Novel of Seventeenth-Century England (Tie-In Edition)

In seventeenth-century England, the King ensures his mistress's safety by having Robert Merivel, son of a glovemaker, marry her, but Merivel falls in love with his wife, is cast out of courtly life, and finds refuge working with the insane at New Bedlam

• ASIN: 0140244883
• ASIN: 0140244883
• ISBN: 0140244883
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

"Perhaps, all writers walk such a line...." quote by Rose Tremain, laser engraved on wooden plaque - Size: 8"x10"

"Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female." quote by Rose Tremain Motivation and inspiration are what gets us out of bed every morning. To give you that drive and touch of magic that you need in your life, why not add some wise words to your home or office today. With the finest thoughts of the greatest minds laser engraved into premium quality beechwood, the words that move you will decorate beautifully your home for years. Perfect for remembering what life ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06Y1NRL47
• ASIN: B06Y1NRL47
• Brand: Mundus Souvenirs
• Size: Large - 8''x10''
• Manufacturer: Mundus Souvenirs

As Meat Loves Salt

• ASIN: B004Z5PNHG
• ASIN: B004Z5PNHG
• Manufacturer: Fourth Estate

The Queen of Subtleties

A tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of Henry’s queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the Tudor court.Everyone knows the story of Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, Spanish wife for a young, black-eyed English beauty, and, in doing so, severed England from Rome and indeed from the rest of the western world. Then, when Henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004XOZ8F6
• ASIN: B004XOZ8F6
• Manufacturer: William Collins

The Queen's Sorrow

• ASIN: B002RI93RO
• ASIN: B002RI93RO
• Manufacturer: William Collins

The Parisian

A sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful Zadie Smith As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself. Midhat Kamal navigates his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to the dinner tables of Montpellier and a newly tumultuous Paris. He discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong.Isabella Hammad delicately untangles t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 191121442X
• ASIN: 191121442X
• ISBN: 191121442X
• Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape Ltd

The Western Wind

15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can’t?Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman’s death, the story is related by Reve – an extraordinary ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1787330591
• ASIN: 1787330591
• ISBN: 1787330591
• Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape

The Principessa

Hard to find

• ASIN: 0007230397
• ASIN: 0007230397
• ISBN: 0007230397
• Manufacturer: Harper

Every Single Minute

‘Not only haunted by death, but also by beauty and the strangeness of being alive. A deeply memorable novel’ Colm Tóibín‘… I have friends and family, I am in this wonderful country, I have money, there is nothing much wrong with me except I am dying.’Úna has little over a week left to live and wants to see Berlin for the first and last time. Her friend Liam accompanies her. As the city streets open up to them, so too do their pasts. Úna recalls her life – her lovers, her famous father, her alcoholic mother and the death of her younger brother. For Liam the weekend becomes a les... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0007324863
• ASIN: 0007324863
• ISBN: 0007324863
• Manufacturer: Fourth Estate

Some Other Eden

In this romantic, sexy saga Bella and her granddaughter Isla reveal startling truths about their lives to each other that will shake their family to its core. As they unravel family mysteries and reveal secret affairs, one question rises to the fore: can you ever really go back and start again?

• ASIN: 0552774928
• ASIN: 0552774928
• ISBN: 0552774928
• Manufacturer: Black Swan

The Water-Breather

Paperback. Pub Date :2003-01-06 Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK A child's summer song of heat and grief:. One loveable. sensitive young boy's obsession with undoing the damage done 'I'm coming up to my ninth birthday.It 's the spring of 1978.Our kilometre dial has clocked into thousands and started its cycle over and over again ... Our car must keep going. always.' This is Jean-Pio's childhood: crisscrossing Europe. sandwiched between his two brothers on the back seat.Travelling to his grandfathers house deep in the French countryside. he's on the brink of discovering ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0007118333
• ASIN: 0007118333
• ISBN: 0007118333
• Manufacturer: Harpercollins Pub Ltd

The Mulberry Empire

Unusual book

• ASIN: 0007112270
• ASIN: 0007112270
• ISBN: 0007112270
• Manufacturer: Harpercollins Pub Ltd

L'Ombre s'Étend sur la Montagne (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Excerpt from L'Ombre s'Étend sur la MontagneDans ce commencement de crépuscule, dans cette solitude, les deux figures des promeneurs se détachaient avec un relief singulier.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blem... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0428400116
• ASIN: 0428400116
• ISBN: 0428400116
• Manufacturer: Forgotten Books

The Inn at Rose Harbor : A Rose Harbor Novel

Jo Marie Rose opens the Rose Harbor Inn bed and breakfast in Cedar Cove in order to start a new life, but the inn and its first guests bring surprises into Jo's

• UPC: 24598081
• Rating: 4.0

The Road Home : A Novel

In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev makes his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and his little daughter. After a spell of homelessness,

• UPC: 10764268
• Rating: 4.076

The Gustav Sonata

A poignant tale about the enduring friendship between two men under the shadow of the Second World

• UPC: 55971301
• Rating: 3.818

The Gustav Sonata: A Novel - eBook

**Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for FictionA poignant tale about the enduring friendship between two men under the shadow of the Second World War.**Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in

• UPC: 420679351
• Rating: 3.818

Trespass: A Novel - eBook

An electrifying novel about disputed territory, sibling love, and devastating revenge from the celebrated author of The Road Home and Restoration.In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel.

• UPC: 466488676
• Rating: 3.487

Trespass

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; one of the Wall Street Journal's best books by women in 2010. Complex, suspenseful, and almost hypnotically readable. Margot Livesey, Boston Sunday

• UPC: 16000430
• Rating: 3.487

The Colour : A Novel

Newlyweds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from England to New Zealand, along with Joseph's mother Lilian, in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch where they settle threatens to destroy

• UPC: 26352481
• Rating: 4.074

Restoration

Restoration is a dazzling romp through 17th-century England. The main character Robert Merivel not only embodies the contradictions of his era, but ours as well. He is trapped between the longing for wealth and power

• UPC: 21975477
• Rating: 4.217

Best of Breed an Extraordinary Rose - eBook

 If you’re a dog lover this book will make you laugh, cry, and want to read more. "Best of Breed an Extraordinary Rose" is an adult picture book that tells the story of a German

• UPC: 267939099

Best of Breed an Extraordinary Rose - eBook

If you’re a dog lover this story will make you laugh, cry, and want to read more. “Best of Breed, an Extraordinary Rose” is an adult picture book that tells the story a little German

• UPC: 900670329