Inspired by the life of Athol Wallace.A young white boy and a Zulu teen grow up together, building an extraordinary friendship as they explore the rugged Drakensberg mountains around a remote South African hotel during the apartheid era.Jock and Papin forge an indelible bond while learning to love and appreciate each other's cultures. Despite whispers from intolerant guests, the boys are oblivious to the consequences of their friendship. "There goes the zebra," gue...

SIX dreams at 36,000 feet. DECADES of longing. SIX days to find FIVE soulmates.In the glory days of international flight, five Air Baobab air hostesses shared more than champagne service, layovers, and secrets whispered above the clouds. In the crew rest of a 747, each woman dreamed of a man she had never met — yet somehow loved with the ache of a lifetime.When their flights landed, life carried on. Marriages, children, careers, heartbreaks, and years swept...

DIVIDED BY WAR. UNITED BY MUSIC. ENDANGERED BY PASSION.Pietro Saltamachio, an Italian opera star forced into war, is shot down and imprisoned in an Allied POW camp in South Africa.Broken in spirit and stripped of his music, he finds reason to find his voice when he sees Iris Fuller through the camp's razor barrier.Iris has an exciting career offer in her pocket — one that will take her oceans away — but she's drawn to the enemy prisoner with such co...

A beggar and a ballerina. Two souls. One unfinished love. A century and a half in their way.Brie Lenz has spent her life making up for her childhood. Devoted, faithful wife. Former glamorous Air Baobab air hostess. A woman with a full life, a good life ... and a heart that has always carried the faint ache of something missing.When she accepts Lucky van Niekerk's invitation to a seaside house in Hull, Massachusetts, Brie expects friendship, laughte...

A young white boy and a Zulu teen grow up together, building an extraordinary friendship as they explore the rugged Drakensberg mountains around a remote South African hotel during the apartheid era.Jock and Papin forge an indelible bond while learning to love and appreciate each other’s cultures. Despite whispers from intolerant guests, the boys are oblivious to the consequences of their friendship. “There goes the zebra,” guests remark, claiming they can’t tell where the white bo...

Pietro Saltamachio is on top of the world as a bon vivant Italian opera star until he's forced to fly planes for his country in World War II. Shot down, captured and confined in an Allied POW camp in South Africa, though Pietro' injuries mend, his spirit remains broken. He's lost his passion for music and has nothing left to live for—until he sees a redheaded angel through the razor barrier.Iris Fuller dreams of pursuing a career across the sea, but she's doing her bit for the Alli...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL, CBC AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH • New York Times bestselling author Mary Lawson, acclaimed for digging into the "wilderness of the human heart," is back after almost a decade with a fresh and timely novel that is different in subject but just as emotional and atmospheric as her beloved earlier work.A Town Called Solace, the brilli...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the power of storytelling.”—People, "Book of the Week""Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy, the hardships of war, the taste of family recipes, and the enduring love of family."—Library Journal (starred)“The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave life and fiction. . . . Don’t miss your chance to take this un...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Story Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature AwardNamed a Best Book of the Year by Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Esquire, NPR, and Kirkus ReviewsA new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the award-winning, and i...

**A girl must survive an extreme wilderness experience to prove to her mother that she has the strength to pursue her dreams.“A heart-pounding wilderness adventure set against a deeply moving personal journey.”—Teresa Toten, author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B“A gorgeous novel about mothers and daughters, the wilderness that rages both inside and outside of us—and how the past composes the future.”—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of...

What the boss wants the boss gets.Luca De Laurentis is focused on two things, adventure and expanding his billion-dollar hotel empire. He never expects those interests to collide, until the day he sees his prim and proper assistant transform into a leather-clad beauty with a taste for excitement.Allegra Davis is determined never to be judged on her appearance again. Hence her frumpy work clothes and her move to Italy. Just her luck that the one person to recognise her in mo...

A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime.Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes.Clive King's Stig of the Dump is a much-loved modern classic. It is the story of Barney and his best friend, cave-man Stig.Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on t...