132,928
edits
Changes
From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
'''Read [[:Category:Features|the latest features]].'''<!-- Remove -->
{{newreview
|author= Kirsty Logan
|title= The Gracekeepers
|rating= 5
|genre= General Fiction, Science Fiction
|summary= In a future in which the sea has flooded the world, Callanish is a gracekeeper – administering shoreside burials and sending the dead to rest in the depths of the ocean. The solitary life of tending watery graves serving as penance for a long-ago mistake. Meanwhile, North is a circus performer – living with a flouting troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers and trainers, and with only a bear for a friend. An offshore storm leads to a chance meeting between North and Callanish – and a chance to change both of their lives.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846559162</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Piers Torday
|summary= Growing up in Flushing, New York –Jane Re has long been hoping to escape her whole life. A half-Korean, half-American Orphan, Jane struggles to find her place as a spirited and intelligent young woman growing up in a strict and mirthless family, observing the traditional Korean principle of “Nunchi” (a combination of good manners, obligation and hierarchy). Desperate to escape, Jane is thrilled when she becomes the au pair for a rich couple – two Brooklyn based professors of English, who have adopted a young Chinese girl into their family. Jane soon falls for the man of the family, but their blossoming affair is soon curtailed by a family death, prompting Jane’s return to Korea. As she learns more about herself, her history and her culture, Jane must make huge decisions about her life, her future, and her man…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0525427406</amazonuk>
}}
