Love Never Does
by Katie-Jo GracieLiterary Fiction
In the Irish wilderness a mother crosses into the Otherworld to bring back her stolen child. In Dublin, another mother maps her son's world.
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5 indie literary fiction books to start with
A mother who walks into the Otherworld, a New York studio with one room you can't rent, a girl who sees feelings as colours. Five literary novels to start with.
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Studio 6
by John Thomas DonnellyLiterary Fiction
New York, 1996: musicians rent rooms by the hour at Kessler Studio, and Room 6 is never for rent.
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by Ila GoldenLiterary Fiction
Neva sees colours around people that tell her what they feel, a secret she thinks her artist aunt shared.
Ixora at Sunrise
by Nkechi AjogwuLiterary Fiction
A diagnosis Kasiemobi refuses to accept forces her to face the past her wild persona was built to hide.
2likesSee the bookEXODUS - The Paths of Memory
by Etienne de PaxLiterary Fiction
A man searches for a woman he has sensed since childhood, and finds fragments of lives they shared before.
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