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Five words from the blurb: doctor, Haiti, difference, global, disease Mountains Beyond Mountains is a book that demands discussion. It is a perfect book club choice, especially for those looking ...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2015/mountains-beyond-mountains-by-tracy-kidder/

 Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann Five words from the blurb: ordinary, German, postcards, attacking, Hitler Alone in Berlin begins in 1940 with a couple discovering that their only ...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2014/alone-in-berlin-by-hans-fallada/

Five words from the blurb: mother, love, stranger, secret, betrayal Labor Day is set in a small American town and begins with thirteen-year-old Harry and his divorced mother looking after an inju...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2014/labor-day-by-joyce-maynard/

 Translated from the German by Tim Mohr Five words from the blurb: intimate, body, provocative, taboo, hygiene Wetlands is a provocative book that investigates all aspects of female hygiene. It ...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2014/wetlands-by-charlotte-roache/

Five words from the blurb: depression, research, history, society, recovery Earlier this year I read Far From the Tree, an outstanding book that made me look at the world in a new light. Keen to ...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2013/the-noonday-demon-an-anatomy-of-depression-by-andrew-solomon/

Translated from the Portugese by Anna Kushner Five words from the blurb: lonely, together, pain, human, impulses I hadn’t heard of Tavares until Stu listed him as one of the best writers alive...

http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/2012/jerusalem-by-goncalo-tavares/