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\"ConfessionsThis week\u2019s all about the new publishing year which kicks off with lots of potential treats for those of us in need of diversion from the winter gloom, beginning with two I\u2019ve already read. The blurb for Catherine Airey\u2019s Confessions<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>promised an involving tale of two Irish sisters, one of whom emigrates to New York to take up an art school scholarship ticking two of my literary boxes. M\u00e1ire and R\u00f3s\u00edn\u2019s stories span several decades beginning in the 1970s when they\u2019re growing up in an Irish village not far from the house which one will paint and the other will eventually live in, making it the setting for a choose-your-own-adventure computer video game. A long, intricately plotted, luxurious read, perfect for long January evenings. Review soon\u2026
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Clare Sestanovich\u2019s Ask Me Again<\/em><\/strong><\/a> begins with 16-year-old Eva meeting James in a Brooklyn hospital waiting room. Theirs is an unlikely friendship, each from very different backgrounds, and yet it lasts for many years. While Eva pursues her journalistic ambition, James drops out of college, joining the Occupy encampment on Wall Street moving in with Eva\u2019s parents when it\u2019s disbanded, then turning to a ramshackle church in his continuing search for meaning which will eventually lead to disaster. A few chapters in, I wondered if I might give up this introspective novel but the more I thought about it the more impressed I became. I\u2019m loath to make comparisons but if you\u2019re a Sally Rooney fan, this one should suit you nicely. Review shortly\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"CoverR\u00f3s\u00edn O\u2019Donnell\u2019s debut, Nesting<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <\/em>follows a woman who flees her home with her two young daughters, convinced that\u2019s it\u2019s no longer safe for them to live there. Her hoped for escape proves to be tougher than she\u2019d thought with little money, no option but to live in a hotel room and her husband\u2019s determination to get her back to the family home. \u2018Tense, beautiful, and underpinned by an unassailable love, hope and resilience, this is the story of one woman\u2019s bid to start over\u2019 say the publishers of a novel much praised by Sheila Armstrong and Roddy Doyle.\"Cover\"Cover<\/p>\n

The blurb tells me Lisa Sandlin\u2019s Sweet Vidalia<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is for readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler which immediately makes me wary but I like the sound of its premise. Set in \u201860s Texas, it follows Eliza after the death of her husband which has provoked a revelation that her apparently happy life has been based on a lie. She sets about building a future for herself, enrolling in business classes and moving into the eponymous hotel but \u2018as she gathers new friends and new possibilities open up before her, Eliza finds it isn\u2019t so simple to leave the past behind\u2019 says the blurb. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"CoverI\u2019m not entirely sure about Sanam Mahloudji\u2019s The Persians<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which spans the 1940s to the 2000s, following three generations of women through their tumultuous lives. While their mother stayed put in Tehran, her two daughters made lives for themselves in the US. When one of them lands herself in jail after a disastrous vacation, she sets about restoring the family\u2019s perceived reputation. According to the blurb \u2018The Persians<\/em> is a darkly funny, deeply moving and profoundly searching portrait of a unique family in crisis. Here is their past, their present and a possible new future for them all\u2019. It\u2019s the mention of an \u2019Islamic lawbreaking\u2019 partying Iranian granddaughter that interests me in this one.\"Cover\"Cover<\/p>\n

Andrew Ridker\u2019s Hope <\/em><\/strong><\/a>follows the Greenspan family who live in Brookline, Massachusetts. Scott is an esteemed cardiologist; his wife works in a distinguished New York publishing house while his son is in medical school. An unimpeachable family, or so it seems until Scott is caught up in a scandal involving the faking of blood tests. Hope<\/em> \u2018is a painfully funny account of the tumultuous year that follows, written by one of the most brilliant young American novelists at work today\u2019 say the publishers rather ambitiously. I remember enjoying Ridker\u2019s previous novel, The Altruists.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for January\u2019s first batch of new fiction. As ever, a click on a title will take you to a more detailed synopsis for any that take you fancy. Part two soon\u2026<\/p>\n

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