Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataThis Akutagawa prize winning novel follows the everyday activities of an unconventional woman who finds happiness in convenience store work, despite mounting familial pressure to marry or move along to a different kind of life

but no one was charged with the murder

The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father

At this crucial moment

A beautiful and gently moving tale from the award-winning Tanya Landman and Laura Carlin

but after a series of terrible experiences weathered bravely made it to the liberation alive

Bringing together the voices of women who fought for equal rights and representation - from aristocrats and actresses to mill workers and trade unionists - these speeches

A scrumptious mixture of wry humour

' The Irish Times

'There is something deeply seductive about being drawn into the intimate thoughts of a woman who otherwise would tell them to no one

'As skilful

she goes to sleep wishing with all her heart that her dinosaur might come to life

Sent to live with them as a child