Book description
'A tour-de-force' IRISH TIMES
'Riveting and moving' NINA STIBBE
'Gripping' THE TIMES
'It had me by the throat' EMMA DONOGHUE
London, 1940. As enemy planes fly over the city, twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond is trying to make the best of things. She has a dull but steady job at the Ministry…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Midnight News as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Jo Baker is my favourite contemporary British novelist, so when I saw this book on the shelf at Barnes and Noble, I knew I’d love it. When I flipped to the back cover and saw that it was endorsed by Emma Donoghue, Joanna Quinn, and Natasha Solomons, three outstanding female novelists, I was triple sure.
Jo Baker has managed to create a thriller with a compelling romance at its centre. Like Charlotte, the novel’s protagonist, I too fell in love with ‘the boy who feeds the birds’.
This is a fascinating exploration of mental health and trauma set during the…
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