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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/demon-copperhead-longlisted-for-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction-2023-barbara-kingsolver/7425554?ean=9780571376483">The Demon Copperhead</a></em> by Barbara Kingsolver</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="416" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/demon_copperhead.jpg" alt="demon copperhead cover by Barbara Kingsolver" class="wp-image-57521" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/demon_copperhead.jpg 416w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/demon_copperhead-341x525.jpg 341w" sizes="(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px" /></figure>



<p>A worthy winner of the 2023 Woman’s Prize for Fiction. A wonderful recasting of Dickens’s <em>David Copperfield</em> from a writer at the very top of her prestigious talent. Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, <em>Demon Copperhead</em> is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between. Faber &amp; Faber, May 2023 ISBN 9780571376483 Paperback £9.99</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shrines-of-gaiety-from-the-global-no-1-bestselling-author-of-life-after-life-kate-atkinson/7301658?ean=9781804991053">Shrines of Gaiety</a></em> by Kate Atkinson</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="410" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/shrines.jpg" alt="Shrines of Gaiety cover by Kate Atkinson" class="wp-image-57522" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/shrines.jpg 410w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/shrines-336x525.jpg 336w" sizes="(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px" /></figure>



<p>Kate Atkinson joins a crop of well-regarded authors at the top of their craft with her evocation of post Great War London. The delirious nightlife around the clubs of Soho is vividly bought to live where peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. Transworld Books April 2023, ISBN 978180499105, Paperback £9.99</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/devotion-hannah-kent/5998416?ean=9781509863884">Devotion</a></em> by Hannah Kent</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="422" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/devotion.jpg" alt="Devotion by Hannah Kent book cover" class="wp-image-57524" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/devotion.jpg 422w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/devotion-346x525.jpg 346w" sizes="(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px" /></figure>



<p>A glorious love story: Australian author Hannah Kent delivers another immaculate researched novel with immersive descriptions of nature and sensitive portraits of women on the fringe. A story of forbidden desire as Hanne and Thea’s fledgling love unfurls during a time that doesn’t have the language for it. Published by Pan Macmillan, May 2023, ISBN 9781509863884, Paperback £9.99</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-rabbit-hutch-the-sunday-times-number-1-bestseller-tess-gunty/7414928?ean=9780861545803">The Rabbit Hutch</a></em> by Tess Gunty</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="415" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/rabbit_hutch.jpg" alt="The rabbit Hutch by Tess gusty book cover" class="wp-image-57525" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/rabbit_hutch.jpg 415w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/rabbit_hutch-340x525.jpg 340w" sizes="(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px" /></figure>



<p>Contemporary and edgy, debut author Tess Gunty has delivered a bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America. The residents of the ‘Rabbit Hutch’, a low-cost housing complex, due for re-development, bring this extraordinary novel to life. <em>The Rabbit Hutch</em> is populated by a cast of unforgettable, disenfranchised characters, most notably, 18 year-old Blandine, recently released from foster care and determined to stop the developers whatever the cost. One World Publications June 2023, ISBN 9780861545803, Paperback £9.99</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/when-we-were-birds-ayanna-lloyd-banwo/7007816?ean=9780241991633">When We Were Birds</a></em> by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="416" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/we_were_birds.jpg" alt="When we were birds by Ayanna Llloyd Banwo book cover" class="wp-image-57526" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/we_were_birds.jpg 416w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/we_were_birds-341x525.jpg 341w" sizes="(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px" /></figure>



<p>A debut novel rich with magic and wisdom, an exuberant masterpiece where the language conjures and mesmerises on every line. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo weaves an unforgettable story of loss and renewal in the Trinidadian city of Port Angeles. Star-crossed lovers hold true in this novel of darkness and light; a reckoning with a grief that runs back through generations and a defiant, joyful affirmation of hope. Penguin Books, February 2023, ISBN 9780241991633, Paperback £9.99</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/best-of-friends-from-the-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction-kamila-shamsie/6732505?ean=9781526647702">Best of Friends</a></em> by Kamila Shamsie</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="417" height="640" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/best_of_friends.jpg" alt="Best of Friends book cover by Kamila Shamsie " class="wp-image-57528" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/best_of_friends.jpg 417w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2023/07/best_of_friends-342x525.jpg 342w" sizes="(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px" /></figure>



<p>A profound novel about unbreakable friendship. In 1988 Karachi, two 14 year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. An epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape and the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists. Bloomsbury, June 2023, ISBN 9781526647719, Paperback £8.99<br></p>


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