Best winter reads 2017 – For your perusing pleasure
'You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.'
– C. S. Lewis.
Now that it's winter, we're inclined to agree with Mr Lewis. So indulge in our list of the best winter reads 2017 has to offer. We've chosen our favourite from the Man Booker shortlist, a chilling ghost story and Young Adult fiction that's been billed as the next Harry Potter.
It's a time for curling up and staying warm with nothing but the pages of your trusted companion for company. These recommendations will ensure that you pick a good one. Happy reading.
'Mama looking out to sea dreaming of England and Papa gazing inland through a glimmer of heat, to where a civilisation must be created'.
Lucy Treloar's new book, Salt Creek, is a sorrowful tale of a pioneer family following their father to the ends of the earth. A British family attempt to set up a cattle farm in 19th century Australia, which becomes extremely troubling for both15-year-old Hester, their daughter, and the indigenous people.
Raising difficult questions about colonialism, fans of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible should look no further for their next read.
