Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
BOOK OF THE WEEK with Charlie Richards. The BFG , Roald Dahl, ISBN 978-0141365428 (Puffin) BD3.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily, it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle.
But there are other giants in Giant Country – 50ft tall brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat.
Can Sophie and her friend, the BFG, stop them? Let’s hope so - otherwise the next child a gruesome giant guzzles could be YOU!
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Tainted Love: a twisted, gripping, thriller (Butlers 4), Kimberly Chambers, ISBN 978-0007521791 (Harper) BD4.500 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Love kills … so who will end up six feet under? The explosive novel from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Kimberley Chambers.
Two weddings. One funeral. It’s the 1980s and although the East End’s heyday is over, one family still rules the manor. Michael and Vinny Butler have always provided for their own and made sure business stopped at the front door. But the old ways are changing – women and children are fair game and nothing can protect them.
Though blood is thicker than water, it’s now brother v brother. The question is, who will come out on top? And, there’s a new generation determined to make their mark. Little Vinny has just married the sweet Sammi-Lou and is battling not to follow in his father’s footsteps. But it’s only a matter of time before his dark secret comes out and destroys them all. Is this the final nail in this East End family’s coffin?
My favourite read of the week
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories, Elizabeth Strout, ISBN 978-1849831550 (Simon & Schuster) BD4.500 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Olive Kitteridge is indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town in Maine, as she grows older she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies.
We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man who aches for the mother he lost - and whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels overwhelmed by her complex sensitivities.
A penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul, the story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain and shed a tear or two.
