Summer reading recommendations

Selected by Sarah and Mark from the shelves at South Seas Books in Port Elliot.

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (1956). The source material for The Durrells TV series, the famed naturalist writes about his eccentric family relocating to Corfu in the 1930s. Greene on Capri by Shirley Hazzard (2000). In this brief memoir, Hazzard recalls her challenging friendship with the mercurial Graham Greene from their summers together in the Greek Islands. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1962). Wonderfully atmospheric dark fantasy set around a travelling carnival in the American Midwest. The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry (1966). A poignant story about stumbling to adulthood in a dead-end Texan town, later adapted into a memorable film. The Bird Artist by Howard Norman (1994). A painterly description of the consequences of love, lust, guilt and betrayal in Canada’s Maritimes in the early twentieth century. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (2021). An epic story set over three different time periods each of which demonstrates the importance of books to humanity. The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (2021). A sweeping novel that intricately weaves together the story of two women – one a vanished aviator, one a rebellious actress – across time and space. All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien (2022). A murder mystery set in the cultural nuances of the Vietnamese community in 1990’s Cabramatta. Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout (2022). Another wonderful read by this author about human connections and how they sustain us. Mammoth by Chris Flynn (2020). A blackly humorous novel narrated by a mammoth skeleton whose musings on the human world are both amusing and poignant.

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