Mothering Sunday Ali Smith living Saints visit the towns

living Saints visit the towns to exact the Saviours' tithe from all those coming of age - a tithe often paid in blood

Philippa quickly learns that those who delve into the secrets of the past must be on guard when long-buried horrors begin to stir

Few novels have been as eagerly awaited as John Dunning's sequel to the award-winning "Booked to Die"

And he needs to start with himself

Mothering Sunday Ali Smith living Saints visit the townsIt is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothering Sundayhas at its heart both the story of a life and the life that stories can magically contain. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual and