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THE HAREM MIDWIFE
RICH, ROBERTA
Hannah and Isaac Levi, Venetians in exile, have set up a new life for themselves in Constantinople. Isaac
runs a newly established business in the growing silk trade, while Hannah, the best midwife in all of
Constantinople, plies her trade within the opulent palace of Sultan Murat III, tending to the thousand
women of his lively and infamous harem. But one night, when Hannah is unexpectedly summoned to the
palace, she's confronted with Leah, a poor Jewish peasant girl who has been abducted and sold into the
sultan's harem. The sultan favours her as his next conquest and wants her to produce his heir, but the girl
just wants to return to her home and the only life she has ever known. What will Hannah do? Will she risk
her life and livelihood to protect this young girl, or will she retain her high esteem in the eye of the sultan?
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 50,000
DOUBLEDAY CANADA
336 PAGES
9780385676663
$22.95 TP Original
OCTOBER 2013
HAWTHORN AND CHILD
RIDGWAY, KEITH
Hawthorn and his partner, Child, are called to the scene of a mysterious shooting in North London. The
only witness is unreliable, the clues are scarce, and the victim, a young man who lives nearby, swears he
was shot by a ghost car. While Hawthorn battles with fatigue and strange dreams, the crime and the
narrative slip from his grasp and the stories of other Londoners take over: a young pickpocket on the run
from his boss; an editor in possession of a disturbing manuscript; a teenage girl who spends her days at
the Tate Modern; and a madman who has been infected by former Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Haunting
these disparate lives is the shadowy figure of Mishazzo, an elusive crime magnate who may be running
the city, or may not exist at all.
FICTION
GRANTA BOOKS
9781847085276
$16.95 TP Original
AUGUST 2013
288 PAGES
HALF THE KINGDOM
SEGAL, LORE
A brilliant dark comedy about life, death and growing old in America told with Segal's characteristic humor,
crystalline style and deadpan delivery—and her hilarious sense of the absurd.
FICTION
MELVILLE HOUSE
9781612193021
$23.95 HC
OCTOBER 2013
176 PAGES