THE HOME FRONT GIRLS BY SUSANNA BAVIN

Writing as Maisie Thomas, Susanna Bavin excels at creating incredibly well researched novels of female friendship during the Second World War, and this book is no exception.

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THE DUBROVNIK BOOK CLUB: MEET THE BOOKSHOP

If there’s a fifth main character in The Dubrovnik Book Club, it’s Knjizara Svih Nacija, the bookshop itself. It was named by my Croatian collaborator, Darko, and translates literally as The Bookshop Where All Are Welcome. Isn’t that lovely?

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