Bexley's Book of the Year 2021

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Bexley Libraries Book of the Year 2021 is Hamnet by Maggie O' Farrell. 

Hamnet book jacket

"On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London." Neither parent knows the tragedy that will unfold.


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1784161012
A ladder to the sky
Paperback:A ladder to the sky:2019. Paperback
A ladder to the sky
Author: Boyne, John, 1971-
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Black Swan,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2018. English
433 pages ; 20 cm.
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Machines like me : and people like you
Paperback:Machines like me : and people like you:2020. Paperback
Machines like me : and people like you
Author: McEwan, Ian.
Year: 2020.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Vintage,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2019. English
305 pages ; 20 cm.
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The silence of the girls
Paperback:The silence of the girls:2019. Paperback
The silence of the girls
Author: Barker, Pat, 1943-
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: UK: Hamish Hamilton, 2018. English
325 pages ; 20 cm
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1786892731
The Midnight Library
Paperback:The Midnight Library:2021. Paperback
The Midnight Library
Author: Haig, Matt, 1975-
Year: 2021.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Canongate,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: 2020. English
288 pages ; 20 cm
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The salt path
Paperback:The salt path:2019. Paperback
The salt path
Author: Winn, Raynor.
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2018. English
viii, 274 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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The giver of stars
Paperback:The giver of stars:2020. Paperback
The giver of stars
Author: Moyes, Jojo, 1969-
Year: 2020.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2019. English
437 pages ; 20 cm
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Where the crawdads sing
Paperback:Where the crawdads sing:2019. Paperback
Where the crawdads sing
Author: Owens, Delia.
Year: 2019.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Corsair,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. English
370 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
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0241444640
The lost spells
Hardback:The lost spells:2020. Hardback
The lost spells
Author: Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
Year: 2020.
Language: English
Format Hardback
Content type: Poetry
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Juvenile. English
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 19 cm
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The girl with the louding voice
Paperback:The girl with the louding voice:2020. Paperback
The girl with the louding voice
Author: Dare, Abi.
Year: 2020.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre,
Resource type: Physical
Note: English
314 pages ; 20 cm
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0552779903
The body : a guide for occupants
Paperback:The body : a guide for occupants:2020. Paperback
The body : a guide for occupants
Author: Bryson, Bill, author.
Year: 2020.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Content type: Catalogue
Publisher: Black Swan,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. English
x, 532 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
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1472223829
Hamnet
Paperback:Hamnet:2021. Paperback
Hamnet
Author: O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-
Year: 2021.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Content type: Catalogue
Publisher: Tinder Press,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: 2020. Includes bibliographical references. English
372 pages ; 20 cm
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American dirt
Paperback:American dirt:2021. Paperback
American dirt
Author: Cummins, Jeanine.
Year: 2021.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Publisher: Tinder Press,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Originally published: New York: Flatiron Books, 2020. English
457 pages ; 20 cm
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Paperback:Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine:2018.:PBK. Paperback
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Author: Honeyman, Gail.
Year: 2018.
Language: English
Format Paperback
Edition: PBK.
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers,
Resource type: Physical
Note: Standard print edition originally published: London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. Originally published: 2017. English
385 pages ; 20 cm.
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