How identity politics failed one particular identity.
'a must read and if you think YOU don't need to read it, that's just the clue to know you do.' SARAH SILVERMAN
'a masterpiece.' STEPHEN FRY
Jews Don't Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against homophobia, disablism, transphobia and, particularly, racism. People, possibly, like you. It is the comedian and writer David Baddiel's contention that one type of racism has been left out of this fight. In his unique combination of reasoning, polemic, personal…
Shapiro weaves a story like a spider weaving its web...slowly and carefully until you are inextricably wrapped in the world she creates. I hated when it came to an end.
A heart-stopping, magical story about human connection, for fans of THE PAPER PALACE and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.
When retired doctor Ben Wilf comes across ten-year-old Waldo Shenkman in the middle of the night under Division Street's old oak tree, he is treated to an unexpected and magical tour of the stars. But this is not the first time the boy and old man have met. In fact, they go way back, to the night of Waldo's birth, and further still.
Secrets preside over the neighbourhood along with the majestic oak.…
Vincent Van Gogh has been a source of fascination for me since I was a teen. This book reveals the woman who was responsible for introducing him to the world and the bias that until now, has kept her in obscurity.
"As intricate and absorbing as a Van Gogh painting...MRS VAN GOGH will stay with me for a long time." New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor
"All the characters jump off the page...what we have here is a very fine novel." Historical Novel Society
She's been painted out of history...until now
Who tells her story?
In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind.
Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled talent finally recognised. The tireless efforts of one woman gave the world one of its greatest creative minds.
Hannah, a successful real-estate broker, never pressed her mother Rokhl about the past—even as her late father often referenced the war she refused to mention. But when Hannah plans a business trip to Germany, Rokhl snaps, “Over my dead body!”—then vanishes. The next morning, a cryptic note remains: I am not her. Days later, Hannah identifies Rokhl’s body in the morgue.
In Germany, Hannah’s attraction to a local complicates her trip as a WWII-era family saga unravels. Parallel to her journey, a letter from Rokhl surfaces, exposing buried truths: her mother’s stolen identity, wartime survival, and the haunting legacy Hannah unknowingly carries. As past and present collide, Hannah confronts the questions she never asked and the secrets her mother refused to speak—until death demanded it.
