Onam in a Nightie: Stories from a Kerala Quarantine, Anjana MenonIn India's tropical paradise, stands a town wrapped around a giant roundabout, where a canny caretaker with a French connection holds sway. Vying for his attention are two competing neighbours. Appu holds lessons for the living but Maya cares only for the dead. And a gastronome dog plays ball girl to tennis loving nuns. At the centre is an imposing temple so ancient that no one knows exactly when it was built. Here, even a tiny railway station has set

In The Valkyries

and the lessons of acceptance (appreciating it as it is)

This compact

Honda raises and educates the boy

Most readers will want to close the book and give it a hug

" --The Bangkok Post

”—Louise Penny On a hot summer on the Northumberland coast

Vex will show you that when you change the way you think

As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life

transcribing this disembodied voice

in a totalitarian regime

plus some spirited stories from Graham’s own experiences in the region