Manilla Press

<p>The Future We Choose</p>

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER</p>

<p>'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG</p>

<p>'One of the most inspiring books I have ever read' YUVAL NOAH HARARI</p>

<p>'Inspirational, compassionate and clear. The time to read this is NOW' MARK RUFFALO</p>

<p>'Figueres and Rivett-Carnac dare to tell us how our response can create a better, fairer world' NAOMI KLEIN</p>

<p>*****</p>

<p>Discover why there's hope for the planet and how we can each make a difference in the climate crisis, starting today.</p>

<p>Humanity is not doomed, and we can and will survive. The future is ours to create: it will be shaped by who we choose to be in the coming years. The coming decade is a turning point - it is time to turn from indifference or despair and towards a stubborn, determined optimism.</p>

<p>The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, senior political strategist for the Paris Agreement.</p>

<p>Practical, optimistic and empowering, The Future We Choose shows us steps we can all take to renew our planet and create a better world beyond the climate crisis: today, tomorrow, this year and in the coming decade.</p>

<p>The time to act is now. This book will change the way you see the world, and your place in it.</p>

<p>Days At The Morisaki Bookshop</p>

<p>**THE HOUSEHOLD, the brand new novel from Stacey Halls, is available to order now**</p>

<p>A gorgeous brand new cover edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller, Richard &amp; Judy Book Club Pick and original break-out witchlit novel. Features an exclusive extract from THE HOUSEHOLD</p>

<p>To save her child, she will trust a stranger. To protect a secret, she must risk her life . . .</p>

<p>Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy.</p>

<p>Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.</p>

<p>As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye?</p>

<p>Soon the two women's lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood's stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake.</p>

<p>Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other...</p>

<p>'Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' JESSIE BURTON</p>

<p>'Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' KATE MOSSE</p>

<p>'The new Hilary Mantel' COSMOPOLITAN</p>

<p>'Captivating' SUNDAY EXPRESS</p>

<p>'Arresting' THE TIMES</p>

<p>'A brilliant debut, pacy and inventive, from a terrifically talented new voice' DAILY TELEGRAPH</p>

<p>'Truly spellbinding' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</p>

<p>'A must-read novel' HEATHER MORRIS bestselling author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ</p>

<p>'Enthralling, spellbinding, full of twists and turns, written with heart and style - and the final chapters will have you racing to the end' KATE WILLIAMS</p>

<p>'Phenomenal. Beautiful, haunting, strange and evocative' LIZ HYDER</p>

<p>'Historical fiction at its feminist best' RED Magazine</p>

<p>Songbirds</p>

<p>'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz</p>

<p>'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here.</p>

<p>Her courage to cross oceans.</p>

<p>Her hope for a better life.</p>

<p>Her love for a daughter, above all else.</p>

<p>Not all tragedies make headlines, not every voice is heard.</p>

<p>Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. Now she spends her days caring for someone else's daughter while her own waits for her return, half a world away.</p>

<p>For Petra, it is only natural to hire a domestic worker to keep her house clean and her family fed. Their lives have nothing in common, except the love they feel for their daughters.</p>

<p>Then one day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a foreign domestic worker, except Petra and Nisha's secret lover, Yiannis, the only connection to her daughter back in Sri Lanka.</p>

<p>As Petra and Yiannis desperately search for Nisha, they realise how little they knew about her. What they uncover will change them both forever.</p>

<p>Inspired by true stories of love and loss, hope and refuge, this evocative masterpiece from the million-copy bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, is an illuminating story of the power of the human spirit, and the enduring love of a mother for her child, that will stay with you long after you finish reading.</p>

<p>Praise for Christy Lefteri:</p>

<p>'This thought-provoking novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly sublime.' Caroline Montague</p>

<p>'Lefteri is an astonishing weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra</p>

<p>' . . . broke my heart and kept me turning the pages of her gorgeous novel well into the night.' Alka Joshi, NYT-bestselling author of The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur</p>

<p>'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>

<p>' . . . it's impossible not to be moved by Lefteri's plea for humanity and perhaps inspired too.' Observer, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>

<p>'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>

<p>More Days At The Morisaki Bookshop</p>

<p>THE EMOTIONAL AND LIFE-AFFIRMING NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP, TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE BY ERIC OZAWA</p>

<p>In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases.</p>

<p>The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed with books that barely five people can fit inside. Books crowd the shelves and invade every corner of the floor; when a customer arrives, the owner, Satoru, immediately pops out from behind the counter. Recently, his wife Momoko has joined him, and often, in her free time after work, their niece Takako also helps out.</p>

<p>For the first time, the girl does not feel lonely; she has new friends and new rituals to keep her company: the annual Jinbocho festival, the café around the corner, or an unexpected visitor. Because, as she has discovered, a bookstore is populated not by the characters contained in the books, but also by those who frequent it. And those stories create bonds.</p>

<p>As a sign of gratitude, Takako gives her aunt and uncle a trip, promising to look after the shop while they are away. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, but then why is Satoru behaving so strangely? And what does that woman with the red umbrella want who has appeared at the end of the street? How many other stories, emotions, and treasures does the Morisaki bookshop hold?</p>

<p>Loved by thousands of readers worldwide, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is a story of hope, friendship and the healing power of books. Will we see you in the bookshop this summer?</p>

<p>PRAISE FOR DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP:</p>

<p>'Brims with genuine charm . . . evokes powerful feelings that any book lover will recognize' Japan Times</p>

<p>'Ozawa's translation gracefully captures the author's whimsical and tender voice. Yagisawa has the right touch for lifting a reader's mood' Publishers Weekly</p>

<p>'Readers will want to linger in this world' Booklist</p>

<p>'A familiar romance about books and bookstores, told with heart and humor' Kirkus</p>

<p>'A slender book, but one rich in experience, exactly like the tiny, crammed Morisaki bookshop itself' New York Journal of Books</p>