We Were Never HereEmily is having the time of her life she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to the room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self defence. Even more shocking: The scene is

Autumn 1943

But when disaster strikes and someone steals her kids

or stolen away by the fae - this retelling of the Orpheus myth combines music

being proposed to at 21

each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - friends who are now desperately trying to find her

outrageous or simply debonair - tells an intimate tale about a moment in Stephen's life

even if it is only for a few minutes

Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person

the morning coffees and after-school gatherings soon reveal the secret struggles

With a sharp sense of humour and boundless enthusiasm for the wonders of our ancient ancestors

It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy

from a drawing by a Kiowa artist from the Great Plains to a post-independence Congolese painting