The Bride Factory

A gripping and powerful story of connection and displacement set in 2000s Palestine'A novel of huge power' ESTHER FREUD'Vivid and evocative' Juliet Stevenson'A haunting, lyrical novel that seems almost to dissolve time. Everyone should read it’ LOUISE KENNEDY'Compassionate and beautifully observed' GUY GUNARATNE'Cleverly conceived and brilliantly engaging . . . a powerful novel. Read this' PRISCILLA MORRIS'Ambitious and complex but handled with impressive ease' ROSE TREMAIN'An astonishingly compelling novel which is full of moral grace' OWEN JONES'A brave book ... It rings with truth' ELIZABETH LAIRD'Piercing, personal, necessary' COLUM MCCANNIt is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Still reeling from the death of her beloved dad, the idea of having to start all over again daunts her. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating.Another teenager, Safa, watches D

A fiercely contested novel from one of Japan's best known writers for fans of healing fiction the likes of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and The Little Paris BookshopTHE BELOVED, HEARTWARMING JAPANESE BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH.NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD . ADAPTED INTO A MAJOR TV SERIES . 440,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPANPraise for the original'For stationery lovers and lovers of Kamakura, this book is an irresistible treasure trove ... you can smell the scent of the ink emanating from the page.'KAORI NAKAHARA, SANKEI SHIMBUN'A sparkling tale ... woven together by characters who are charming, characters to love.'MICHIKO WATANABE, HANAKO MAGAZINEYou always told me that writing is life itself.After many years abroad, Hatoko reluctantly returns to Kamakura to take over the stationery store left to her by her late grandmother. As the custodian of the store, she also inherits the profession of public scribe, a role Hatoko trained for as a child