Recommendations for spring
from Book Stop, Tavistock
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Whether you have read the forerunner of this exquisite novel (Olive Kitterage) or not, this story of the lives, tribulations, highs and lows of the inhabitants of small town Maine is an absolute treat. In a series of vignettes, with the indomitable Olive Kitterage at its heart, Strout's portrayal holds no bars in uncovering the hidden underbelly of what is, on the surface, a genteel New England community. She reminds us that wherever we come from we have the same capacity for pain, loss and love, and ultimately the same fate. At once sombre, funny, sad and uplifting, this is American literary fiction at its best.
Published by Penguin: £14.99
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Third in the extraordinary Wolf Hall trilogy
HarperCollins: £25
The Long Call by Ann Cleaves
First in a new crime series set in North Devon by the author of the Vera and Shetland series
Pan: £8.99
The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather
Remarkable true story of a hero's exposure of the Nazis' activities at Auschwitz
Penguin: £7.99
Plymouth Bronze Age to Today
How Dartmoor tin put Britain's ocean city on the map
Pen & Ink: £19.95
Diary of a Wimpy Kid; The Meltdown
Latest DOAWK instalment, new in paperback
Puffin: £6.99