MEMOIR LONG WAY HOME by Dan Jarvis (Little Brown £18.99, 320pp) Most politicians with a 24-carat diamond of an anecdote about a former prime minister will treat it as the crowning glory of their autobiography. They’ll spin it till it dazzles. Not Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central. He chucks in a story about … Read more
Hold on – wasn’t Anne Tyler going to retire? This is her third outing since 2015’s A Spool Of Blue Thread, supposedly her final novel
A photograph in Annabel Venning’s account of her family in wartime shows the six Walker children in order of height
BOOK OF THE WEEK RADICAL WORDSWORTH by Jonathan Bate (William Collins, £25, 608 pp) The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge spent Christmas Day 1806 with his close friend William Wordsworth, together with Wordsworth’s wife Mary, her sister Sara Hutchinson and Wordsworth’s own sister, Dorothy. Two days later, Coleridge bolted from the house. Taking refuge in the … Read more
DEBUTS By Fanny Blake for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 ELLY by Maike Wetzel (Scribe £12.99, 144 pp) ELLY by Maike Wetzel (Scribe £12.99, 144 pp) When 11-year-old Elly disappears, last seen riding her bike to the sports field, she is presumed dead. Her … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 LITTLE DISASTERS by Sarah Vaughan (S&S £14.99, 432 pp) LITTLE DISASTERS by Sarah Vaughan (S&S £14.99, 432 pp) Sarah Vaughan brings to this book the same tension-building expertise that made her bestseller Anatomy … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 INTO THE WOODS by Philip Jodidio (Rizzoli £36.95) INTO THE WOODS by Philip Jodidio (Rizzoli £36.95) This escapist read showcases stunning homes ensconced in nature across the globe. It takes you from striking … Read more
POPULAR By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Monk Kidd (Tinder Press £20, 432 pp) THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Monk Kidd (Tinder Press £20, 432 pp) This brilliant novel, by the bestselling author of … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Stephanie Cross for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 OUT OF TOUCH by Haleh Agar (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) OUT OF TOUCH by Haleh Agar (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) Five months after the death of her alcoholic mother, sales assistant Ava is … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 MRS EVERYTHING by Jennifer Weiner (Piatkus £8.99, 480 pp) MRS EVERYTHING by Jennifer Weiner (Piatkus £8.99, 480 pp) In 1950 the Kaufman family — Ken, Sarah and daughters Jo and Bethie — have … Read more