Pack your bags!
You’re going on your holidays, lucky you! But, with weight restrictions and carry-ons becoming tighter and tighter, what book shall you take with you?
Check out 6 of our fiction books that will be perfect for your holiday this summer!
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The Wee Italian Girl by Serafina Crolla
This light read will completely captivate you, wherever your journeys take you.
An ancient way of life. Living with nature and the seasons. Moving from high mountain to plain. The cleanest air and water, the purest food and wine.
An immigrant’s tale but also a record of a simpler life. At one time negated and cast aside and now more than ever sought out and admired.
The Wee Italian Girl is a document for many Scottish Italians who, apart from picturesque villages and majestic mountains wish to really know from whom and where they came.
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The Time That Never Was by Steve Nallon
Perhaps you are looking for something that will captivate your kids.
HE CAN'T LIE, HE CAN'T HARM BUT HE CAN SAVE LIVES
William Arthur is no ordinary teenager. He is a Swidger, a person who can sense future catastrophes and hinder your timepath to certain peril. Only now he’s discovering that his time-bending powers go far beyond mere accident prevention.
After a mind-boggling incident leaves him confused and questioning his place in the world, William is rescued by a wise and bizarre lady by the name of ‘Granny’. Together they embark on an epic journey of hilarity, danger and intrigue. Will he learn the true nature of his gift? And can he evade the dark forces that would use his powers for evil?
ALL WILL BE REVEALED... IN TIME
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Fade Into You by Catriona Child
Or, maybe you are feeling a little nostalgic for the 90s…
They flickered in and out of sight, between the passing cars, as if a strobe light was on them. She watched them from the corner of her eye, as they appeared and disappeared, like ghosts.
Childhood friendships are simple things, and when ‘90s grunge girl Alex meets the twins next door her bond with Gavin and Banny seems meant to be, held together by their shared language of music.
A snapshot of the nineties/noughties spirit and a poignant exploration of how childhood friendships and first loves echo through the years, Fade Into You presents a tale of mixtapes, the millennium and the impossibility of moving on.
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Speaking of childhood, doesn’t being on holiday remind you of those simpler days? The days where all you had to worry about were getting home before the street lights came on so your mammy didn’t give you hell.
Meet Derruck Danyul Riley and his best mate, Gal.
This tale of two inseparable Scottish lads follows their scrapes ‘rowin’ up in Coatbrid’e, from e-huntin’ to outrunning’ the fearsome Bricklayer. Life in Coatbrid’e is not always fun and ‘ames, thou’h, and the boys learn what friendship truly means in the face of dan’er.
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Devil’s Knock by Douglas Skelton
It could be that contemporary fiction isn’t your thing. Perhaps you favour more from the darker side of life – even in the sun.
Davie McCall has darkness inside him. A darkness that haunts him, but also helps him do despicable things to those trying to cause him and his friends harm.
He has to contend with the ghosts of those he has failed, a persistent Hollywood actor and a scruffy dog with no name. When he finds a target on his back, will Davie be able to suppress the darkness inside him and refuse to kill… Or will the devil’s knock be too tempting?
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Saut an Bluid by Donald Smith
Or you may look for a gripping historical fiction that will captivate you as you take some shelter in the shade.
In nine days of drama, the full smeddum of Scotland’s Norse saga unfolds in pithy Scots. As Guid King Alexander tumbles to his death, a gutsy backstory comes to the boil. And at the heart of the crisis is Skald the Ferryman, storyteller of Pittenweem.
What is his connection with the Maid of Norway, and the Corryvreckan whirlpool?
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